Hand mill wood: study tool

Such a unit is considered to be a versatile tool for any master. Hand mill for wood, the power tool, which must be present in the garage or workshop. It is interesting that such a device can be cut and drilled literally all that is at hand: wood, plastic, metal and even acrylic. To manually type the router effectively deal with all its tasks, should know how to choose a device correctly. Today in our review will tell about the features of the tool, as well as additional devices, that may go with it.

Scope of the manual milling wood

If you decide to buy a milling machine, be sure to specify, for what purpose you need it. From a properly sized set of functions depends on its value and longevity. Hand mill wood refers to the type of instrument, which, with the right equipment can perform many operations:

• Grinding and polishing products.
• edge processing - both straight and curly.
• Drilling mounting holes for dowels, door locks and other accessories of various kinds.
• Drilling and boring curly and straight holes.
• Cutting tenons and creating grooves of different diameters and configurations.
• Rough alignment of blanks, cutting and cutting.
• Carving and engraving patterns (metal, wood, plastic, stone and glass).
• Execution of grooves in the blanks of cylindrical shape.
• Creating grooves and slots.

Milling machines of various modifications - one of the most popular on the market a special electrical equipment. About the additional possibilities of machine tools will be discussed later.

Variety of manual milling machines

Hand-held milling machines are slightly different from their stationary "brother" and is often used for simpler works: installation of doors, windows, gazebos, cutting the unnecessary layers, groove boards, grinding rails, grooves and threads various variations.

Milling machines can be of three types:

• The fixed type.
• Submersible.
• Edge.

In the first case, the cutting tool can not move relative to the device body. And depth adjustment to have to make some manipulations by hand. It's not very convenient, since the entire structure may have a solid weight.

Much more convenient to use a submersible mill. In this case, the tool motor is mounted on the special guides, which allows him to move on them, along with the working attachment. In addition, the design of the machine allows for its rise after the completion of the work.

Technical characteristics of the hand router wood

The study of the characteristics and technical specifications of products simplify the selection of the correct model.

The power and speed of rotation of the spindle

If you buy a machine for small amounts of works, do not chase too high power.

Important! The higher the capacity of the motor, the more difficult it will be to perform accurate processing of parts because of the high rate. At too high revs increases the risk of heat damage to the workpiece.

In addition, a powerful engine will weight heavily the instrument. In the other hand, if nebhodim large amount of work, a "strong" model will last much longer and will not fail in a responsible situation.

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"Power milling machines can range from 750 W to 1200 W (work model)."

The rotational speed - one of the main parameters of the tool selection. it can vary for hand tools from 7-24 thousand. rev / min. This rate influences the types of jobs that can execute the tool. For example, the higher the turnover rate, the easier it is to make high-quality engraving or processed glass. The slower the speed the less the likelihood of deep cut.

Stroke cutter and additional options

Working stroke - is, roughly speaking, milling step, she can pass at a time. The most expensive models, it is rarely more than 6-7 cm. This function is rarely used in practice. Usually deepen do in a few steps.

One such interesting devices - rip fence, which helps to identify accurately cut cutter relative to the workpiece edge.

Important! Res, which can be positioned can be located only in parallel to the edge of the workpiece.

Externally, this design consists of two bars, which is placed on the base frame and special tabs allow you to move the frame.

This metal plate c rim which defines the trajectory of the cutter head. The plate slides along the surface of the base resting on the edge of the template.

Design features of the basic units of the hand router wood

Hand mill consists of the engine with the engine, which is hidden in an enclosure. From the engine are miniature cartridge onto which the cutter. It drives the motor. The instrument is provided with special handles, and used as a stop plate. The whole structure resembles an inverted "nose" down drill.

Most running types of cutters for the hand router wood

Depending on the value and purpose cutters have certain characteristics and modification. Consider a variation in a special table.

The types of cutters on the design:

cutters types	Illustration	Features
prefabricated		The basis of the construction of such mills steel billet, which are welded to the cutting edge.
With replaceable cutting edges		These mills have a two-sided blade, which is very convenient to change, simply turning them if they become dulled
monolithic		In this case, the cutter and the blade - a single monolith. The most strong, but quickly lose their quality and are much more likely to have to change.

In addition, the hand router wood instruments are following modifications to vytachivaniya grooves of various types. The illustrations can be seen what kind of tasks they can perform. For convenience, we have issued illustrate the symbols of the main types in the table.

grooving cutters	edge cutter	combined cutters	Figireynye cutters

Browse popular models of manual milling machines with a description of the characteristics and prices

In the milling tool market ten different samples of the working tool. Below are the models that often have been marked by positive responses of experts and ordinary users.

Model	Characteristic	Cost (as of June 2018), rub.
	Power 1.1 kW Speed ​​range 10-25,5 Weight 3.1 kg.	3 500

Model	Characteristic	Cost (as of June 2018), rub.
	Power 1.2 kW speed range 16-30 Weight 4.3 kg.	4 700

Model	Characteristic	Cost (as of June 2018), rub.
	Power 2.3 kW Speed ​​range 9-22 Weight 6.1 kg.	20 400

Model	Characteristic	Cost (as of June 2018), rub.
	Power 1.2 kW speed range 11-30 Weight 3.3 kg.	3 200

Model	Characteristic	Cost (as of June 2018), rub.
	Power 1.2 kW speed range 11-28 Weight 3.4 kg.	6 150

How to choose a hand-mill - wood recommendations HouseChief.ru edition

Fraser Wood, according to experts must be selected by certain tasks. On this basis you need to watch the power, weight and additional attachments and accessories.

General recommendations are as follows:

1. ergonomics. Stability and usability design should be one of the first places. Pay attention to the power button and turn the unit off. The button should be convenient and provide a quick off the device at any time.
2. Location and quality of the engine fixing and protection. It is believed that the conical seating surface is considered to be the most user-friendly - the most closely matches the shape and size of the motor shaft.

   

3. Sole. It can be extruded or molded. On how well the sole router will adhere to the surface, determines the quality and simplicity of technological operations.

   

4. The volume of the working zone. If you plan to work with the tool in a narrow focus, without tools, it is best to choose a model that can provide maximum visibility to perform the processing zone.
5. Device to remove dust and protective elements. The presence of security elements provide a safe and fast operation. The most efficient of these devices are gateways for dust suction, recessed in the body of the mill.

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