How to cut brass on a CNC router

Brass is one of the most difficult materials to cut on a CNC router, but with some basic skills you can get it done. If you've been reading this blog for a while, then you know that I'm a big proponent of using CNC routers for anything that needs to be cut

The first thing we're going to look at is how to set up your machine for brass work. This isn't going to be an in-depth guide on setting up your machine or anything like that, but it does cover the basics that everyone should know before cutting brass

So let's get started!

cutting brass on a 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.
With the Belief of becoming a key supplier in the supply-chain of Precision Components, we strictly control our product quality, keep high precision on our components production, buildup the whole-process QC System and submit the satisfaction for every order.
By long term development, we have buildup partnership with world-wide clients, supporting our partners in Designing, Optimizing, Producing and Testing on each type of components.

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