Cutting Brass on a Tool Lathe

For this blog I wanted to share a technique I use when cutting brass on a tool lathe. You will see how easy it is to cut brass with your favorite CNC machine and then take it a step further by using sanding compound on your newly formed parts. This blog will show you how you can use these steps to improve your day-to-day machining by making some beautifully precision cuts

To make these cuts, I start by cutting the blank from the bar stock with my lathe. Then using my milling machine and tool rest I set up a fixture that allows me to turn the blank around at 45 degrees while the chuck holds the part in place. This allows me to get nice clean cuts without having to worry about accidentally hitting the chuck or not turning tight enough, which would result in rough looking cuts

Once finished, I remove the blank from the part and then take it over to my grinder and grind away any burrs left behind by sharpening and cutting operations. This is where it gets interesting because now I have some really nice looking brass parts that have been turned on my lathe! The next step is taking them over

cutting brass on cnc router

CNC Brass Machining

CNC Brass Machining has very useful properties to produce metal parts.

Brass is soft and easy-machining material for machining components. It is common and popular material for different industries by CNC machining process.

CNC machining brass parts begin as a raw piece of metal which is fixed on cnc machine and starting turning or milling on it to create a desired shape or object.

In this process, a cutter removes brass from raw material into a perfect work-piece, its machining speed is much faster than other hard materials

Benefits of CNC Brass Machining

1/ CNC Machining Brass Parts are widely used in many fields, supporting very good functions

2/ CNC Machining Brass Parts are soft and tight in sealing function, suitable for many sealing structure

3/ Brass is easy for cutting and machining, its production efficiency is much higher than steel series

4/ Good propriety for forging or casting

5/ Heat transferring function very good, high resistance, rust proof, long durable using

6/ Easy for surface finishing treatment, electroplating is commonly used on brass parts

Composition And Property of CNC Machining Brass

Brass Property	Alloy Type	Content	Melting Point	Hardness	Tensile Strength	Density
Brass Property	Binary	Copper & Zinc	900-940 °C	HB80-110	315 MPa	8.53 g/cm3

Common Materials Code of CNC Machining Brass

Brass Alloy	Workable Processes	Surface Finishing for Brass Parts	Materials Code
	CNC Turning, CNC Milling, CNC Drilling, Molding, Forging, Fabrication, Welding, etc.	Passivation, Anodizing, Plating, Chemical Polishing, etc.	Brass 3600
			Brass 2600
			Bearing Bronze
			Beryllium Bronze
			other more Brass Alloy

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We mostly provide CNC Turning, Milling, Drilling, Grinding, and Multi Machining processes service on various materials.
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