{"id":3210,"date":"2015-12-17T20:05:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T02:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thmsblog.com\/?p=3210"},"modified":"2015-12-17T20:05:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T02:05:51","slug":"micro-machining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/?p=3210","title":{"rendered":"Micro Machining"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3210 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/M-1450401246.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/M-1450401246-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/M-1450401246-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/M-1450401246-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/M-1450401246-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/M-1450401246.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3209'>\n\t\t\t\t10 degree 0.005 ball end mill (and #2 pencil)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/M-1450403610.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/M-1450403610-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/M-1450403610-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/M-1450403610-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/M-1450403610-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/M-1450403610.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3211'>\n\t\t\t\tBall End\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I am\u00a0using my\u00a0Taig CNC micro mill making 3D carvings in wax for my jewelry work. The very sharp pointy thing\u00a0is my go-to end mill bit for doing the fine and highly detailed work. The squares are 5 x5 MM. \u00a0It is a <a href=\"https:\/\/bitsbits.com\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=3_83&amp;products_id=283&amp;zenid=16d041b45938241a2e3b64c17498b7e7\" target=\"_blank\">TEB10-005 Tapered Ball End Mill 1\/8 x 1-1\/2 10\u00b0 .005<\/a>. Not cheap at $37.00 each. It does excellent carving with the Taig and the results show the Taig is up for running bits this small. There is actually a ball on the end.Follow the link to BitsBits.com where I get these tiny mill bits.<\/p>\n<p>The other item is of course a common #2 pencil point just for comparison. I have a digital microscope I operate on my Linux box and it is great for inspecting the ends of these tools and taking pictures. I also find the scope useful for examining SMT components on today&#8217;s very small circuit boards.<\/p>\n<p>Machine tools this small are rather fragile but wax is a wonderful medium for machining. Bits &amp; Bits has a huge selection of these micro mill buts if you are in need of doing very tiny and precise milling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am\u00a0using my\u00a0Taig CNC micro mill making 3D carvings in wax for my jewelry work. The very sharp pointy thing\u00a0is my go-to end mill bit for doing the fine and highly detailed work. The squares are 5 x5 MM. \u00a0It is a TEB10-005 Tapered Ball End Mill 1\/8 x 1-1\/2 10\u00b0 .005. Not cheap at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77778,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[104,61],"class_list":["post-3210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cadcamcnc","tag-cam","tag-micro-machine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/77778"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}