Took me 18 months to realize I was manually feeding wrong on every roughing pass

Was watching a YouTube video from a guy in Detroit who showed his feed rate overlay and I realized my machine was screaming because I was treating every pass like a finishing pass, not using the extra inch per tooth that solid carbide can actually take, anyone else ever get that wake-up call from watching someone else's setup?

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kimr1019d ago

Ngl that 18 months part hit me hard. Tbh I’ve been running the same handful of speeds and feeds for years and never thought to double-check until I saw someone else’s overlay too.

emery_young1319d ago

Oh man. Yeah that's brutal. I spent a whole year running my indexable endmill like it was made of butter. Chip thinning is real. Feeds are for eating. Speeds are for dying. That Detroit guy probably saved your spindle bearings.