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Old 05-18-2017, 11:09 PM
jimmontg jimmontg is offline
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OK son, I'm your man. For 1095 slow it down to 2000 and if it's stainless as slow as it will go. Aluminum is OK @ 3000. Use cutting fluid, ALWAYS. If alum or brass then kerosene or diesel is fine, but I recommend for all metals Tap Magic cutting fluid. I use it on my sharpening stones too. But a nice thin "cutting" fluid is what you want. There are other opinions, but that is the baseline.

You can Google drill speed by drill size and material. You should come up with something like this.
https://www.fnal.gov/pub/takefive/pd...peed_Chart.pdf
Ignore the 3000 for high carbon steels as you might actually cause it to heat up and then harden by friction. 2000 is better and keep it lubed. Do not forget slow with stainless and the larger the bit the slower the speed. My first day drilling stainless I melted two drill bits at 2800 rpm. Chrome and nickel do not like the high speed. So any steel with chrome or nickel, slow down.
Rule of thumb for many things in life; You can go too fast, but never too slow.


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