> Are there carved-in-stone rules for serious machining of woods like there are for other materials, like aluminum and steels? Or,is it more of a feel thing where you just have to play around with what your machines will let you do,or does faster=better as far as speed goes,but combined with a slow feed rate? If there is,how do you deal with say cutting an ebony forearm with maple points,do you split the difference between the correct numbers for those woods or what? Discuss both milling and lathe operations if you will. So far,all my machine will let me do is take small cuts on ferrule tenons for example,and have never had the chance to try cutting wood on the lathes at school,and if I did all I have access to is single-point tooling,most with a radius appropriate for the materials. From what I've seen,faster speed works better on maple and most ferrule materials,but I'm also hand-feeding those. I haven't had much luck deviating a whole lot from the formula-correct feed/speed combinations for machining metals. Spill the beans guys,Tommy D.
