Ball Nose Milling Strategy Guide
Oct 02, 2017· As shown above, the cutter speed (RPM) is defined by the SFM (based on material) and the cutter diameter. With miniature tooling and/or certain materials the speed calculation sometimes yields an unrealistic spindle speed. For example, a .047" cutter in 6061 aluminum (SFM 1,000) would return a speed of ~81,000 RPM.