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Originally Posted by Cory
Yes, material inside the bounding box of the part that you pocket out is thrown out...but MrForbes is making it sound like it's "extra" material that you didn't have to buy and you could have purchased a smaller piece and saved money. It's metal you already bought. It's metal that cannot be used for anything else. His statement makes absolutely no sense in that context.
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I think MrForbes is talking more about using thinner, unpocketed (or minimally pocketed) material when he's talking about paying for material that is "thrown away," since you are clearly right in the context that you considered his comment. It obviously depends on the situation, but I'm sure we can agree that the time and money savings often make thinner material worth considering, especially if whatever part in question is being made on a drill press or manual mill (or even on the very low end CNC mill that my school has).