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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] PCB EDM MILL Initial Tests

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2006-05-02

Electrode erosion is quite normal with EDM, it is not a fault as such that
can be eliminated.

Probably can be reduced though..

ST


On Tue, 02 May 2006 18:50:19 +0200, Alan King <alan@...> wrote:

> Don't you want to try changing every other variable first, to see if
>
> you can eliminate the erosion problem first, then adjust everything else
>
> to match? With the same distance everything else could be just as well
>
> known with 1/4 the spark energy and 4x the rate for the same total,
>
> seems you could simply be too close for the instantanious spark energy
>
> you are using or something similar..