Solutions to Chip Rewelding in Plastic Routing
Saturday, July 11th, 2009People use wood router bits the same way that they use plastic routers bits, but the materials are just different. Whatever type of router bits people use, they want to end up with a high quality finish in whatever material they are routing; and many of the processes and techniques involved with wood and plastic are identical. There is one major difference with the use of plastic routers bits, though: there is the problem of cut chips re-welding to the piece of plastic that is being routed. This occurs especially frequently with softer plastics, and it is just not a problem with wood router bits.
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