In this study, milling of a carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer composite material (CFRP) was investigated experimentally using various carbide end mills. The input parameters included the spindle speed, feed rate and cutting tool, whereas the output parameters were defined as the cutting force and surface roughness. The experimental design was based on the Taguchi L18 (6 1 ×3 2 ) orthogonal array. In the tests, six different carbide end mills with a 10 mm diameter were used: an uncoated two-flute 30°helix-angled one; carbide-coated two-, three-and four-flute 30°helix-angled ones; and TiAl-coated three-and four-flute 45°h elix-angled ones. The cutting parameters included three different feed rates (0.03, 0.06, 0.09) mm/tooth and three different spindle speeds (3800, 4800, 5800) min -1 . The Taguchi method was applied to select the most appropriate cutting parameters (cutting force, feed rate) for the tests. With the analysis of variance (ANOVA), the feed-rate factor was found to be the most effective one among these parameters (cutting forces and surface roughness). The results of the experiments showed that the uncoated carbide end mill had a better performance in terms of the cutting forces and surface roughness. Besides, it was also seen that the surface roughness increases with the increasing number of flutes and helix angle. Keywords: CFRP, cutting forces, surface roughness, Taguchi method, ANOVA V {tudiji je bil eksperimentalno prou~evano rezkanje polimernega kompozitnega materiala, oja~anega z ogljikovimi vlakni (CFRP) z uporabo rezkarjev z razli~nim karbidnimi nanosi. Vhodni parametri so vklju~evali hitrost vrtenja vretena, hitrost podajanja in rezalno orodje, medtem ko sta bila izhodna parametra sila rezanja in hrapavost povr{ine. Zasnova eksperimenta je temeljila na Taguchi L18 (6 1 ×3 2 ) ortogonalni matriki. Pri preskusih je bilo uporabljenih {est razli~nih cilindri~nih rezkarjev s premerom 10 mm, dvorezni s kotom spirale 30°brez nanosa, dvo, tri in {tirirezni s kotom spirale 30°prekriti s karbidi ter tri-in {tirirezni rezkar s kotom spirale 45°in nanosom TiAl. Uporabljeni parametri rezanja so vklju~evali tri razli~ne hitrosti podajanja (0.03, 0.06, 0.09) mm/zob in tri razli~ne hitrosti vrtenja vretena (3800, 4800, 5800) min -1 . Za izbiro najprimernej{ih uporabljenih parametrov (sila rezanja, hitrost podajanja), je bila uporabljena Taguchi metoda. Med uporabljenimi parametri (sila rezanja in hrapavost povr{ine) se je pokazalo, s pomo~jo analize variance (ANOVA), da je hitrost podajanja najbolj vpliven faktor. Rezultati preskusov so pokazali, da ima rezkar brez nanosa karbida, bolj{e zmogljivosti glede na sile rezanja in hrapavost povr{ine. Poleg tega se je pokazalo, da hrapavost povr{ine nara{~a z ve~anjem {tevila utorov in kota vija~nice.