In this video I’m Milling an Aluminium Bottle Openers on my CNC 6040 Router. I wanted a good vice for my CNC Router for a long time but it took me a while to find one that was small enough to fit on my machine.

Affiliate links to the end mills:

Tool 1: ⅛ inch 2 flute: http://bit.ly/2N2DyEE
Tool 2: 4 mm 3 flute: http://bit.ly/2N2DPXZ
Tool 3: 5 mm 3 flute: http://bit.ly/2N2DPXZ
Tool 4: 4 mm 2 flute: http://bit.ly/2N1KYb2
Tool 5: 4 mm 2 flute: http://bit.ly/2SxnT6g
Tool 6: 6 mm 2 flute chamfer: http://bit.ly/2tmihfX

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This are the affiliate links with discount coupons to products used in this video:

Heavy Duty Drill Press Vice Bench Clamp Woodworking Drilling Machine:http://bit.ly/2ohvRPj (10% OFF Coupon:Elec)
Double Face Rubber Hammer:http://bit.ly/2ojjgLr (10% OFF Coupon:Elec)
precision steel parallel:http://bit.ly/2BVUtXG
Double Flute Spiral End Mill Set :http://bit.ly/2LAf2Zf
Ball Nose End Mills:http://bit.ly/2PNjozd
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Using a vice, instead of the t slot clamps that come with the CNC 6040 router, has some benefits. I want to test some face milling on Aluminium in the future so having a fixture that leaves the top surface without obstacles is necessary.

The double flute carbide end mills that I used work reasonably well on Aluminium. In a small test cut I did before this video I got even a nice surface finish on the sides of the opener. Unfortunately I made a mistake by mounting the vice in the middle of the table. the flexing of the gauntry and the machine bed is the worst in this position. Like you can see in the video, the surface finish is pretty bad because these vibrations. I will make another video of these end mills because I think they have a good price quality ratio for everyone that starts with a cheap router like the CNC 6040.

I’m thinking of keeping this beer opener design as a test workpiece for every new end mill I’m going to test on the CNC 6040 Router. They don’t take too long and the need several milling operations (face milling, pocket, contour, engraving and chamfer edge)

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Six low budget end mills for aluminium:
Tool 1: ⅛ inch 2 flute: http://bit.ly/2N2DyEE
Tool 2: 4 mm 3 flute: http://bit.ly/2N2DPXZ
Tool 3: 5 mm 3 flute: http://bit.ly/2N2DPXZ
Tool 4: 4 mm 2 flute: http://bit.ly/2N1KYb2
Tool 5: 4 mm 2 flute: http://bit.ly/2SxnT6g
Tool 6: 6 mm 2 flute chamfer: http://bit.ly/2tmihfX
Test video with Feeds and Speeds: https://youtu.be/M-1dYJWh3rw

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music credits:

First song
Me 2 (Feat. Julian Avila) by LAKEY INSPIRED https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired
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Second song
Fresh Start by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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