pic: Lots of chips

[CidTeach]

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[pmangels17]

Isn't that an end mill for rough cuts/speed cuts? Then again, it doesn't look like these parts have any press fits, so it's probably okay. Those parts look pretty fancy

[Redo91]

By the looks of it, the roughing end mill was used to cut out the final piece. The inside cuts seem to have a nicer finish. This may have also been before a finishing cut.

[pmangels17]

Originally Posted by Redo91

By the looks of it, the roughing end mill was used to cut out the final piece. The inside cuts seem to have a nicer finish. This may have also been before a finishing cut.

This makes more sense. I haven't used our CNC much, I usually use the manual mills, so CNC techniques are sometimes a bit foreign to me, though I get the general concept and am proficient on our two knee mills.

[AdamHeard]

This is nothing, you should see the nanometer sized razor blades from hell covered in oil (so they stick to you) that our router makes.

[DonRotolo]

Easy: just use an aluminum magnet...

[Tem1514 Mentor]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Easy: just use an aluminum magnet...

No problem, just make an eddy field generator and do what they do in recycling plants.

[Alan Anderson]

Aluminum magnets push. That might be counterproductive here.

[jwallace15]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Aluminum magnets push. That might be counterproductive here.

Maybe if they put a big, thick garbage bag behind it, then it would be productive.