Aluminium Sheet Routing

Routing 1 4 aluminum with festool router and 1 4 carbide end mill.

Aluminium sheet routing.

There is a great difference when routing wood and aluminum. This weakens the aluminium and creates a fracture line. Aluminum sheet is any aluminum sheet metal thicker than foil but thinner than 6mm. Our router supports full sheets of aluminium up to a size of 2440mm x 1220mm.

Place the fracture line over the edge of a table and bend the overhang slightly downwards. There s a world of difference for a cnc router cutting thin aluminum sheet vs a cnc router cutting thicker aluminum plate. We supply custom cnc routing services of aluminium sheets. It comes in many forms including diamond plate expanded perforated and painted aluminum sheet.

We make use of high quality bits specially designed to cut aluminium which results in a great cutting quality reducing post cut processing. The thicker the material and the greater the depth of cut the more important it is to follow these tips. 6061 extra thick aluminum sheet 12 inch x 12 inch x inch flat plain plate panel aluminium metal sheets finely polished and deburred by lostronaut 24 99 24. Aluminium requires hardier router bits unlike wood since fragile bits will break easily when used on aluminum.

Cnc router aluminum sheet work is different than cnc routers cutting aluminum plate. Difference between using router on aluminium and wood. Sheet plate view all view alloys hide alloys 1100 1100 h112 2024 2024 o clad 2024 t3 clad 3003 5052 5052 dfars 5083 h131 5086 6061 6061 dfars domestic 6061 o 6061 t4 7050 7075 7075 o 7075 o clad 7075 t6 clad 7075 t73 t7351 cast sheet plate 7075 t7451. Used a basic 1 4 shaft wood edging router bit to quickly trim the edge of 1 4 thick 6160 aluminum sheet.

Sheet aluminium can be cut without the need for a guillotine or tin snips which tend to deform the metal. With the aid of a straight edge and a sharp knife score both sides of the aluminium sheet. Bits also tend to dull off quite fast when used on aluminum.