Just milled my own wirestraps for my renovation of my table mill, a Max NC 10.
I mill these out of an wasted nylon cutting board with 7.35mm thinckness. and Its perfect for this kind of reuse.
I did a handwritten parametric NC program so I can specify strap parameters such as stock thickness, inner width, inner height and strap thickness as well as feet thickness. All other measures are automatic calculated and milled from these parameters. There are also job parameters for tool size and speeds.
Nice, very cool that you recycled too. I like that you made a program that can be used for various similar efforts.
@Henrik_Larsen : can you tell us cutter-type, feedrate, plunge-rate, RPM?
The result is far from perfect with threads hanging from the edges. I guess nylon is difficult to mill clean, unless you hit the exact right cutting parameters. But it was no problem for me, as I just cut the remains off with a sharp cutter.
It probably also has to do with climb or conventional cutting. Some experts out there may make it cut perfectly. Advises are welcome.
I also used a low quality hss 3mm flat endmill, even a worn one.
I can share the code then you can improve youselves.
