Chipload and DOC for small endmills

[Robin Hewitt]

If you are cutting teeth, have you considered a small slitting saw in a wide arbor?

They may bend but they don't break (unless you have a Z whoopsy) :naughty:

[Jonathan]

If you are cutting teeth, have you considered a small slitting saw in a wide arbor?

They may bend but they don't break (unless you have a Z whoopsy) :naughty:

Yes I have considered that - it would be a lot faster. I've got a 1mm slitting saw that would do the trick.

The reason I've not done it is I've not got a tailstock for my rotary table and the pulley would have to stick out a fair distance for the slitting saw to clear the rotary table chuck. Maybe I'm being overly careful...

One nice thing is I can use almost the same gcode with slitting saw, just need to swap Y and Z axis.