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Originally Posted by DampRobot
This whole discussion of our cutting rate leaves me rather wondering if our mill has been incorrectly displaying units for cutting or something... I was always told that the units for the feed rate readout were in inches per minute.
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Feed on a mill is displayed in inches per minute, but it doesn't mean much without knowing the chip load which is in inches per tooth. Chip load is independent of number of flutes, which makes it easier to talk about as a comparison.