@idcwoodcraft · IDC Woodcraft
Saved 2026-05-15 · Posted 2026-03-18 · Status: New
This is what happens when you push a CNC router bit to its limits.
The BEAST CNC hyper-speed router bit from IDC Woodcraft (a 1/4" roughing bit) pocketed solid oak at a full 1" depth of cut in a 7" x 4" pocket — no stepdowns.
⚡ 24,000 RPM
⚡ 300 inches per minute feed rate
⚡ 80% stepover
⚡ 1" full-depth cut
That’s aggressive. That’s fast. That’s serious material removal.
Most CNC router bits would chatter, deflect, or snap under this kind of load. The BEAST just keeps cutting — clean sidewalls, efficient chip evacuation, and insane speed.
If you’re looking for high-performance CNC router bits for hardwood, aggressive pocketing, and production-level feeds and speeds… this is it.
CNC routing oak at 1" DOC.
High-speed pocketing.
Full-depth cutting.
No baby passes.
#CNCRouter #FeedsAndSpeeds #RouterBits #HighPerformanceCNC
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The spindle ramp up time is what’s killing the cycle time 😂
Mind not blown, ears assaulted
If you insert the cutter deeper into the collet it won’t make such a screeching noise.
The gcode could use refinement. Leaving the Web/rib at the end can break your end mills. Work from the inside out and THEN run perimeter finishing passes. It'll also eliminate the resonant chatter you hear to start about about 4/5 of the way through.
As someone who is a machinist on metal, i have run aluminum faster. Really not that impressive. 300 Ipm at 24k is really not that fast.
Bearing wear on that router, speeded up significantly too 😬
I can not say what impress me more, the bad coding of cleaning a pocket or the spindel bearing that are will be gone in not time.
Screetching noise means your chips are too small and you're rubbing more than you're cutting. I typically run full depth cuts in 3/4" BB plywood at 400ipm with 13K RPM. Screetching means high frequency vibrations which will break your stuff in no time. Your "blow your mind speed" is way too slow for your RPM. If your router can't handle the higher load and your spindle doesn't deliver good power at lower rpms, you need to use a smaller cutter diameter.
What limit exactly? My ears?
A simple pocket contour would have been better. Cut in one direction.
No way steel is strong enough for wood
Pretty dang good, now do aluminum
Now do it in P20 😃
Now get a nice edge with it after doing that 😆
Materials prefer either clockwise or counterclockwise cuts, I can’t remember which. You can tell, by about 2/3 through the cutting, when there is a different pitch and bur, depending on the direction of cut.