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Drilling and Tapping

The Routermate has several options when it comes to drilling and tapping. For the drilling portion you can choose between our light duty milling head or our Milwaukee drill motor capable of drilling ½ holes in steel. For an inexpensive tapping solution our Milwaukee drill motor and “drap” are good for through holes and coarse threads down to size 10-24.
When planning on tapping with the Milwaukee drill motor, you must also purchase our two speed reversing interface box. This allows you to tap at a lower speed than drilling and to reverse the bit when using the tap portion. If you need more precise tapping, our separate tapping head is your best bet! This is also the only way to tap blind holes without changing bits.
The Routermate is capable of having a plasma cutter added in addition to the drilling and or tapping heads. This enables you to produce complete parts without changing tools or moving the parts to another machine in many cases.

Call (866) 571-1066 today for more information on this NEW Routermate Option.

Dust Collection Option

The dust collection option pictured here includes the ducting and vinyl skirt for containing most of the cutting debris and dust. Click the photo to see an enlarged view.

Spray Mist Option

This spray mist coolant option is useful when cutting materials that tend to heat up cutting tools or materials that requires lubrication for better surface finishes. Water soluble oils are used, and can be vegetable based so disposal is easier.

Router Motors

Several router motors are available from our base DeWALT 2-1/2 H.P. variable speed 8,000- 24,000 PRM motor, up to 7.5 H.P. 36,000 RPM spindle motors.

DeWALT Router

Electric Spindle Motors

 

 

Sample Cuts

Bridge side boards, such as the one shown above, typically sell for over $200 a pair in teak, and as much as $500 a pair with the relieved lettering painted in gold and a coat of polyurethane.  Materials are about $30.  These are generally fastened to both side panels of a boat's bridge.
 
Set up your apartment-sized CNC router in a booth at boat shows, and fill orders while your customers see the rest of the show.  Set up a web site, and sell them on the Internet.  The possibilities are limitless.  This is but one example of the hundreds of categories of products that can be produced with a router mounted on a 3-D Torchmate shape cutting machine.

Examples of 2-1/2 D Routing In Aluminum and In Plastic are pictured above. If your needs are true 3-D routing, you will need to purchase either RhinoCAM or BobCAD-CAM for simultaneously moving all three axis.

Example above is a roughing cut of 3-D Routing.

The above two pictures are a single pass cut, .100” deep, 10 inches per minute travel rate, made with our base DeWALT router motor and a spray mist coolant sprayer. The material is 6061 aluminum. The Z-axis for this cut was 7-1/2” extended.

 

 

Software

Software

Many software options are available for the Routermate. If you are currently using drafting software such as AutoCAD, you can import a .DXF file directly into our Routermate Driver Software. You will have the option in our software to select your feed rates, amount of cut per pass, bottom depths, and all the variables necessary to complete 2-1/2 D routing. 2-1/2 D routing is done by moving your X and Y axis to produce your 2-D shape, then indexing your Z axis to the next depth and repeating your X-Y shape again until the desired depth is reached.

Our Routermate Driver Software is capable of starting and stopping the router motor, coolant, and dust collection systems for a more automated process. Our software also can be directly programmed in G-code if that is your preference.

If your needs are true 3-D routing, you will need to purchase either RHINOceres SOLID MODELING SOFTWARE, RhinoCAM or BobCAD-CAM for simultaneously moving all three axis.

ROUTERMATE DRIVER SOFTWARE This is the software that runs your Routermate machine.  It is not compatible with other systems.  The program automatically converts imported dxf files into G-Code for cutting.  You have full control over cutting speed while cutting.  On-screen torch path simulation occurs in real time while cutting.  A digital read-out tells you where the torch is in inches or metric units at all times.  Click on the small image at right for full details.
RHINOceres SOLID MODELING SOFTWARE Create digital 3-D models of your projects before you start the actual fabrication process.  All parts fit together just as they would in a physical model.  It is possible to rotate the model, zoom in to see the finest detail, and view its components in layers that can be peeled-back one at a time.  It is often almost impossible to tell a 3-D model from the real thing.
RhinoCAM RhinoCAM is a general purpose machining program for the general machinist. RhinoCAM includes 2-1/2 axis, 3 Axis, 4 axis and 5 axis operations. This powerful package is ideal for mold, die and tooling, wood working rapid-prototyping and general machining markets and generates G-code to be directly sent to the Torchmate machines. This product boasts of powerful toolpath generation strategies coupled with tools for efficiently controlling the cutting tool for detailed machining capabilities, while not sacrificing ease of use. Has all the basic functionality as well as additional features suitable for demanding users with sophisticated manufacturing requirements.
BobCAD-CAM 3-D ROUTING & MILLING SOFTWARE In addition to being a full-blown computer assisted design (CAD) program, BobCAD renders 2-D images into three dimensional shapes.  It then generates G-Code to create the 3-D pieces with Torchmate's automated Z-axis in conjunction with a router, roto-ZIP tool, engraver, etc.