1/8" 2-Flute Up Cut Spiral (unbranded)

ID: U06

Type: End Mill

No brand, no part number, no product page to check specs against — like U01 and T05 before it. Measured directly: 1/8” cutting diameter, 1/8” straight shank, 2 flutes, up cut. The shortest bit in the drawer at 1.53” overall.

Specifications

Property Value
Cutting diameter 0.125”
Shank diameter 0.125” (straight through)
Flutes 2
Cutting length 0.560”
Overall length 1.530”
Geometry Up cut spiral
Corner radius None — square end
Material Solid carbide (assumed — unconfirmed)
Coating Unknown

Feeds & Speeds

For the X-Carve Pro and its 1.5 kW spindle. Same numbers as U05 and U07 — same diameter, same upcut geometry class, no vendor data to justify deviating from the house 1/8” upcut ladder.

Material RPM Feed Chipload Plunge Stepdown
Hard maple / oak 14,000 110 ipm 0.0039” 30 ipm 0.125”
Soft maple / walnut / cherry 14,000 120 ipm 0.0043” 30 ipm 0.125”
Plywood 16,000 140 ipm 0.0044” 35 ipm 0.125”
MDF / laminate 16,000 150 ipm 0.0047” 35 ipm 0.1875”
Softwood / pine 16,000 150 ipm 0.0047” 35 ipm 0.1875”
Acrylic / HDPE 12,000 100 ipm 0.0042” 20 ipm 0.0625”

Notes

Unconfirmed coating and grade, like every unbranded bit here. Treated as plain solid carbide by default since nothing on it says otherwise. If it turns out to run hotter or dull faster than the branded 1/8” upcuts, that’s the likely reason.

Maximum cut depth is 0.56” — short even by 1/8” standards, closer to D03/D04’s 0.5” than U05’s full 1”.

Plunges fine, same as any upcut — chips clear upward, no packing risk on a straight Z entry.

  • Database: Tooling
  • CAM library: Fusion hub library, Human Crafted (T17)
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