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Had someone give me a nice set of 16 carbide burrs today after telling him about my X-Carve. He said he used them mostly on metal, but they work for about anything. He said I should try them out. I’ve never used, or even seen, these tools before, so I am a bit clueless.
Has anyone used these on an X-Carve? Can they be? If so, what would you use them on?
I just had this discussion yesterday about using a carbide burr to cut metals. I think it just migt work because they are meant to be ran in the speed range of what the trim routers run at vs. the milling bits made for a much lower rpm. If I can find the rite one after work today I will be running some test to see what happens.
I used 1/8 and 1/4 burrs on MDF, solid wood, Plywood. They make lots off mess but they make very clean cut.
The only ones I used were from our forums favorite supplier:
I’ve just seen a Youtube video in which a guy uses a diamond burr to cut curves in glass. But I’d expect carbide to do the trick too, if maybe not for as long. Somebody should try it