Hi, I'm getting ready to route some 3/4 inch plasticore material. If anyone is using this stuff, what type, brand of bit are you using? Where do you buy them? What's the best spindle speed and travel speed for this material? Thanks!!
Posted by TJ Duvall (Member # 3133) on :
I use an Onsrud cutter 63-725. it is a 1/4" single edge upcut spiral. I buy from a place in Baltimore, MD but there is probably a distributer closer to you. Check www.onsrud.com As far as speeds I use about 70 ipm for a feed rate and a spindle speed of 19000 rpm. Perfect edges every time. by the way I cut 3/4" in 1 pass no problems.
Posted by Bob Stephens (Member # 858) on :
What is plasticor?
Posted by TJ Duvall (Member # 3133) on :
Just did a search and Plasticor is like coroplast a corrugated plastic material. So nevermind my previous reply. I was thinking it was like Colorcore or a polycarve material. Posted by VICTORGEORGIOU (Member # 474) on :
Tim, the problem I have with fluted plastic is, the top and bottom edges cut clean but the flutes do not. I was not interested enough to do any experimentation. If you only have to do one sheet, you can clean it up with a razor knife or scissors. Seems to me that a straight cut bit in regular (not climb mill) mode might take a better whack at the flutes than a spiral upcut which I was using. If I had to guess, I would say that faster feed rate is better. I think I used 200 ipm.
If you come up with a good solution please let us know. Vic G
Posted by Tim Whitcher (Member # 685) on :
I meant Polycarve. Sorry.
Posted by TJ Duvall (Member # 3133) on :
That means my first post is usefull. Those are the setting I use for polycarve.
Posted by VICTORGEORGIOU (Member # 474) on :
As fate would have it, the rep for a local distributor came in today with samples of Polycarve. We did 1/8" cleanouts at 200 ipm, 18,000 rpm and got good results, and cut the full 1/2" at 150 ipm which turned out to be a bit too fast.
Now that I've seen the material up close, I would like to hear what kind of signs you folks are making with the material. It looks like a nice product. Vic G
[ September 16, 2003, 11:50 PM: Message edited by: VICTORGEORGIOU ]
Posted by TJ Duvall (Member # 3133) on :
This is a sign that was done with black/white/black polycarve. The yellow is PVC material attached from the back. the material cuts very nice, just make sure you have a dust collection system or else it makes a big mess when it is cut. By the way I don't take credit for the way the sign is mounted. The customer did that themselves.
Posted by Amy Brown (Member # 1963) on :
That's nice TJ. Did you have to screw into the PVC from the back? That would be fine for things where you won't really see the backside of the signs.
Has anyone figured out anything to adhere other materials to this stuff without using screws?
Posted by Bob Stephens (Member # 858) on :
Amy one of my suppliers, Curbell Plastics came in last month with a new adheasive product that apparently works on glueing this stuff together.
I can't tell you the name of the epoxy off hand but I think its a 3M product.
I think my partner Joe has the info on it. I'll see if I can dig it up and post it here.
We tried many adheasives but nothing worked until I saw this stuff they brought by.
Victor if you do a search you should find plenty of info on the polycarve and colorcore. We discused it at length some time ago here.
Here's a recent sign we did using the brown/white/brown. Our Saviour is v-carved
One of our first signs using the blue/white/blue and then the reverse on top using white/blue white Posted by Glen Perye Jr (Member # 159) on :
Thanks TJ, Bob, Glen - very helpful information! Vic G
Posted by Tom Bahr (Member # 2925) on :
Nice work TJ & Bob. Have you tried paints on the Polycarve or Colorcore? If so, what works? TJ, I'm also curious as to how you attached the yellow pvc material. Posted by Tom Bahr (Member # 2925) on :
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That means my first post is usefull. Those are the setting I use for polycarve.
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