Hey guys, I need some help!
As some may recall, I am new to CNC and I have a CRP 4848 CNC router with a Hitachi M12v and Super PID. I have a Kent's dust shoe hooked up to a Harbor Freight dust collector blower. It goes out the wall of my building so there are no bags and about as efficient as possible with the shortest hose possible transitioning to rigid pipe. I am very familiar with how to properly set up a DC system since I have a complete system with a ClearVue for the rest of my shop.
Currently, I am cutting mostly 3/4" and 1/2" grey PVC (type 1, the hard stuff). I am using a 1/4" 2 flute upcut Vortex spiral bit. I have been cutting at 10,000 RPM and 200 ipm with a depth of cut per pass of .20" or so. Basically, I cut 6 roughly 9x9" squares out of a 20x30" piece using vacuum hold down. I cut down to within .02" to leave a skin for the vacuum.
The problem I am having is that after the first pass, on subsequent passes, the chips are not being extracted from the cut. They are NOT welding back but they pack in and the vacuum can not get them out. Then, on the next pass, I am cutting through them in addition to the new depth of cut. Maybe this is normal but it seems to be to be affecting the cut quality. On the outer edge cuts where it is open and there is no kerf packing, I am getting a reasonably nice cut quality. What can I do differently? Do you have any suggestions?