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Re: Thin wall 6061 aluminum tubing
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Originally Posted by DampRobot
Do you mean at certain speeds, you can melt end mills milling 6063? Would this be with cooling?
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Not melting the endmill itself, but melting the chips and fusing them to the endmill. You can machine 6063, but 6061 makes a much better chip and comes out much nicer.
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