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Has anyone had personnel experience of machining Buffalo Horn on a mill? I say personnel experience because my interest is in the technical aspects of speeds and feeds.
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Sharp cutters and keep things moving. It smells terrible and burns if the feed is too slow. I just made a grip cap on the CNC this Spring out of horn and seem to recall I used feeds for aluminum and a spindle speed of 800 rpm. Hope that helps.
Steve
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Sharp cutters and keep things moving. It smells terrible and burns if the feed is too slow. I just made a grip cap on the CNC this Spring out of horn and seem to recall I used feeds for aluminum and a spindle speed of 800 rpm. Hope that helps.
Steve
Thanks Steve do you recall cutter diameter you were using at the 800 rpm?
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1/4" endmill. Horn is pretty forgiving to machine really, I have done a fair bit of it and never ran in to issues.
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