6040 CNC
The main subject of this post is a cheap Chinese import router, commonly referred to as “6040 CNC”, owing it’s name to it’s x/y travel distance of 60/40 cm. This kind of router is sold in multiple, slightly different configurations using either 0.8 kW, 1.5 kW, or 2.2 kW high-frequency spindle, commonly called “China spindle” in various internet forums. There are also different sizes with similar construction available. My machine was bought in the summer of 2020, yours might differ from mine. The machine is designed to cut and engrave plastics like acrylic glass and softwood. This machine is not designed to cut metal and doing so I would consider abuse. This is not to say that it can’t cut it at all but you won’t have much fun doing so. On Youtube, you will regularly see videos of the sort “Cheap machine cuts metal!”, but this is much less cutting than it is grinding. Given a butter knife, even I myself could “cut” a soft metal eventually…
May 1, 2020
