Ever cut or drilled nylon 6/6?

[Phil Thien]

I was thinking of using some nylon in a project and was wondering if any of you guys have experience cutting/drilling it? It is called "nylon 6/6" and is available from McMaster.

I've cut/drilled UHMW plastic where it creates long strings. This makes machining it problematic. I'm hoping the nylon creates chips when cut/drilled, but figured I'd ask here in case any of you know.

[Doug Shepard]

The only experience if had drilling nylon was enlarging the inside diameter of some nylon spacers. I have no idea if it was 6/6 or what. The bit probably wasn't in it long enough to get a concrete answer for you, but I think it fell somewhere in between getting chips and the UHMW stuff.

[Cliff Rohrabacher]

Nylon can be free machining or stringy. by comparason
Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene machines like a dream.

[Phil Thien]

Nylon can be free machining or stringy. by comparason
Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene machines like a dream.

The UHMW plastic I drilled w/ a 1/2" hole grabbed the bit and pulled it in like CRAZY. And cutting it made very long plastic curls. Are you saying the Nylon will be even worse?