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Climb milling

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andyf:
It's a bit like a circular table saw for wood, really, where you feed the wood against the top of the blade, against the direction of its rotation. If, with the blade rotating in the same direction, the table was such that you fed the wood into the bottom of the blade with the rotation, it would immediately snatch the wood from you and try to take enormous bites out of it, breaking the blade in the process.

That said, even on my rattly old machine I do sometimes take a very light (less than three thou) climb milling cut with the side of a slot drill no more than 1/2" dia, to get a better finish.

Andy

BobWarfield:

--- Quote from: George Greer on June 24, 2010, 11:33:26 AM ---I am going to print that photo and hang in my workshop...

Thanks.

 :mmr:

George  :beer:

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LOL, I had it taped to the side of my mill head for more than a few months!

Cheers,

BW

Rob:
is there 'climbing' when you're fly cutting a surface?

Stilldrillin:

--- Quote from: rmuell01 on July 21, 2010, 12:59:31 AM ---is there 'climbing' when you're fly cutting a surface?

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Hi!

Welcome to the Collective!  :borg:

No climbing, when your cutter is central to the workpiece. But, off to one side could be a different story.......  ::)

David D

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