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Subject: PCB drilling speed and feed rates

From: "designer_craig" <cs6061@...>
Date: 2010-06-30

I just finished up my CNC quill drive conversion my Bridgeport and would
like to use it to drill boards. I have not found a reference to what
speeds and feeds to use for drilling.

I am looking for the surface feet per minute and feed per turn numbers
for small carbide drills in FR-4. My 5400 RPM maximum going to be
well below the 30,000 to 60,000 RPM used by a real PCB drilling spindle
but it should still work fine if I use the correct feed rate.

Anyone got a reference for these parameters.



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