CNC Tutorial - Mitering ACM "Aluminum Composite Material" With Amana Tool and Stepcraft

[@fartnyaface]

Should be using 110deg "V" groove router bit - when using a 90deg "V" groove bit the fold is usually too tight where using a 110deg leaves enough relief in the join you can fold it perfectly @ 90deg. You want to leave .75mm material in the groove when "V" grooving.

[@fartnyaface]

P.S You can also rebate the outter edges and fold the skin over onto the edge of plastic so it hides the plastic core edge

[@signdesign3878]

love it.. learned a lot in a little bit o time.. Great presentation. We routed out a 3 ft x 9 ft" push through brushed aluminum di bond. Cuffed for an additional led halo lighting. For a local airport. All from this great tutorial. Great and easy to follow presentation great job Sir.

[@terryhuber327]

Outstanding! Glad I bought a Stepcraft! 😃

[@konstantinNeo]

With the tool you are using, if you would cut 10 in box as in the example, what is the resulting dimensions between the 2 folded flaps? Is there an offset?

[@markuskoarmani1364]

The ttools are great and we use it for cutting our carbon fiber upto 10mm, however stepcraft boards are not reliable when you cut agressive. We are going on 3rd board now. Hope stepcraft in germany can fix our issue promtly.

[@alanbarrington733]

Thank you for this. There is no way I could have entered this tool

[@MrTsubasa00]

What if i add this bit as a normal endmill?

[@fookriver]

v groove not deep enough. When folded the sides should stay at 90 and not fold back. Best is to almost see the aluminium. For 3mm thick ACM, depth is around 2.3 to 2.7 deep, then your mitred ends will be better too.

[@Silverturky]

hey guys what were the speeds and feeds used for this cut?

[@harryten]

Why not use Vetric for the conversion, in the field type in 13/64 and press the = it will do it for you.

[@twistedwillowfabrication5115]

This is a very good tutorial

[@migueltrujillo6069]

How would you glue the corners to keep it closed?

[@sooomanyactivities]

You put a hole in each side and have a joining peice internal and rivet it

[@georgekenner6588]

Where is the finished product/

[@Postghost]

Done by a person who is not the cnc operator.

[@nidavis]

I used this method to make the metallic spaceship interior in this Doja Cat video (as well as the tops for the white and pink consoles in the other ship). Each panel was made into a tray and they all assembled together for the shoot. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3zSXqF7jq9kfac