I have a fairly recent edition but it does not list plastics or delrin. I have not tried milling, but on a lathe it seems the softer the material the more important it is to have a realy sharp tool... HSS, not carbide. I have a South Bend Lathe manual, I will check it later today for you. BTW, the handbook sells pretty cheap on EBAY and there are not a lot of updates in the new ones... John Ferrell http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hord" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 2:56 PM Subject: [OT:] Vertical Mill/Lathe Cutting Speeds > Google wasn't very helpful; all I got were advertisements > and how-to's that say "Be certain to use the right cutting > speed." > > We have a book with several more common metals (alum., > iron, several types of steel), but I also need to know about > brass, plexiglas and delryn, among others. The big Q about > plexi is "What cutting fluid do I use to keep it from releasing > its toxic smoke?". > > I'm really just looking for a nice table I can print out or > download; I'd hate to buy a copy of "Machinery's Handbook" > just for this one thing. :-p > > Mike H. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN Toolbar FREE! > http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/ > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.