I don't know if this is the problem but... could be the pulley not correctly mounted on the motor axis? Loosing steps on the Y-axis that was happenin...

Nice! 🙂 Waiting for the final result.

Uh! I've found a (low quality) photo about milling several pockets with the settings published above (pockets are 1,5mm deep).

BTW, I was using this end mill.

My little contribution after some tests on a square 50x50mm alu-profile doing 1 or 2 mm deep pockets. Below the settings that I feel comfortable with...

Now I'm wondering a little more, the Y axis has the heaviest load on the entire machine by design, cutting along the X axis would be far more Rigid, a...

coanda, what is a "fusion 360, peck drill" exactly? A drill bit or what?

Thanks Christian, you're a huge source of info! BTW. I've found just now a web site that can be useful for everybody (I hope): AluSelect (You c...

Hallo Christian, danke for your reply. About Aluminium EN AW-2007 I read: Precautions and Warnings: Poor resistance to atmospheric corrosion. Ha...

The harder the aluminum the easier to machine. Soft aluminum alloys typically used for anodized profiles are the worst. Aluminum alloys with lead like...

Nice! What DOC (deep of cut) step did you use? 0.5 mm? The big holes that I see was made previously with a traditional drill?

At the beginning I was thinking that router machines are all crappy. This holds until you face the problem of doing some milling on a large planar fac...

Hello Julius, you need a "Viertelkreisfräser" and for POM is HSS good enough. In Germany you will find many dealers if you are serching about this t...

hi. forget to mill/work aluminium/brass any metal.the machine can not do these jobs I'm back from from holidays, endlich! 🙂 :side: @PERANDI...