Brass Machining Guide for the Nomad -

C360 "Free-Machining" Brass is a beautiful material that can be machined almost as easily as aluminum. Here are some recipes to get you started.
Cutters used:
102-Z: shop.carbide3d.com/collection...
112-Z: shop.carbide3d.com/collection...
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[@RobinGingerich]

Cool!

[@paumasip]

Hi, really nice videos! im wondering if brass is even harder than 7075 aluminium, is it?

[@AdamHaile]

Loving the latest serious on metals Winston! Curious if you might do any for those of us without a Nomad and instead with the Shapokeo and the Dewalt 611? I know in theory it's different, but not really sure what needs to change given the minimum 16k RPM.

[@carbide3d]

See the guidelines mentioned on the Aluminum for Shapeoko video. Generally, scale up feedrates by same margin as spindle Speed (60%), or a tiny bit less to be conservative. -W

[@SharkyMoto]

brass is even easier to machine than aluminium, because it is harder. sounds contraintuitive, but aluminium tends to gum up and chip weld much easier than brass does.

[@joesspace4114]

Or is it because brass has higher melting point?

[@moocows111111]

@@joesspace4114 no

[@Shadowzion1]

Do you mind sharing where you source your aluminum and brass?

[@megandjasper]

Yes! I'd appreciate that too. I'm trying to source some for my final machining project at school right now

[@QuentinKarmark]

i have a 0.50in brass stock that needs to be surface machined to 0.416in before I can proceed with my 3D adaptive roughing and finishing tool paths: what cutting and/or end mill would you recommend for surfacing?

[@QuentinKarmark]

the stock is 4in by 10in x 0.5in

[@carbide3d]

#278-Z Single flute 1/4” cutter to within .05mm of your final dimension. #201-Z Three flute 1/4” with a 30% reduction in stepover. This will definitely have tool marks, but should be quite smooth to the touch. Finishing after that is up to you preference. Cutter Links: shop.carbide3d.com/collections/cutters/products/278z-25-single-flute-zrn shop.carbide3d.com/collections/cutters/products/201z-250-end-mill-cutter-zrn

[@QuentinKarmark]

@@carbide3d thank you. I am new to machining brass/aluminum - very helpful! I am using a 2.2KW water cooled spindle and wondered if a 0.5in end mill would be OK?

[@michaelkelly3158]

Is the lead in free machining brass actually anything to be concerned about when using small cutters? I've done a few of these smaller pieces and I'm worried about the dust that's created by the small tooling. Stupidly, I've stood by my machine while it's been doing these operations a few times and probably breathed some of this in.

[@goldensaw8489]

Hi I want a similar CNC can you help me how to get it

[@carbide3d]

shop.carbide3d.com/

[@goldensaw8489]

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