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PCB drilling speed and feed rates

2010-06-30 by designer_craig

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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