Monthly Archives: May 2015

Cleaning up a Sieg X2 CNC mill

Recently a friend of mine Jason was downsizing to move house, and was looking to sell his CNC mill. I couldn’t resist giving it a home, especially after seeing how much effort he’d put into tweaking it over the years. Sadly the mill … Continue reading

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CNC milling log

Milling is a tricky business. There’s lots of variables to tweak; spindle speed (RPM), feed rate, how much depth to remove per pass and more. As an aide to memory, I made this quick spreadsheet: CNCworklog (DOCx) CNCworklog (PDF) This might seem … Continue reading

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