Cutter Guide: 5mm O-Flute Cutter

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Materials Recommendations

With a cutting diameter of 5mm this O-flute cutter is well balanced for efficient cutouts. The long shank and the single flute increases the stability while the comparably small diameter decreases cutting pressure. This combination allows you to do incredibly deep cuts in one go and therefore save time cutting your project.

Due to the Geometry of the flute, this cutter is perfect to make fast cutouts in a wide variety of different plate materials up to 30 mm thickness.

Details:

  • Cleaning the cutter regularly will increase the service life.
  • If you choose a large depth, the cutter may not be able to completely remove all the chips out of the groove. In this case make sure to always keep moving during the cut to avoid heat build up, e.g. use Auto-mode.
  • Materials marked with × indicates materials that will be cut more efficiently with other cutters.

 

Materials Recommendations:

 

Material

Pass Type

Depth/Pass Plunge Speed Auto Speed Spindle Speed

Foam

×

×

×

×

×

Acrylics

×

×

×

×

×

Soft Plastics 

Rough

10

250

450 - 600

4-5

 

Finish

-

200

350 - 400

4-5

Solid Surface

(e.g. Corian)

Rough

5

200

250 - 350

4

 

Finish

-

180

200 - 300

4

HPL

Rough

5

200 - 300

450 - 550

5

 

Finish

-

180 - 250

300 - 400

5-6

MDF

Rough

20

250 - 350

450 - 600

5

 

Finish

-

200 - 300

300 - 450

5-6

Softwood,  Plywood

Rough

20

250 - 300

400 - 550

5

 

Finish

-

200 - 250

300 - 450

5-6

Hardwood

Rough

18

250 - 300

400 - 550 

5

 

Finish

-

180 - 250

300 - 420

5-6

Chipboard

×

×

×

×

×

Non ferrous Metals

×

×

×

×

×