Re: OT Router bit speed


"Andrew VK3BFA" <ablight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Yeh, I know, its got bugger all to do with electronics, but real
> engineers usually know this sort of stuff anyway.
>
> What speed do you run your router at when trenching a piece of MDF
> (Medium Density Fibreboard - God only knows what everyone else calls
> it). Is slow, fast, or REALLY fast?
>
> 73 de VK3BFA Andrew
>
Use normal 'high' speed. More importantly though, is that the router bit is
sharp and preferably Carbide tipped. Routing just a couple of feet of MDF
moulding can easily kill a high speed steel edge.
You know the job is lost when the bit starts glowing Cherry Red.
regards
john


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