Milling deep into 6062 T6

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I have a 50mm shell mill. A bit nervous about doing anything else but surfacing with it.

Here's a 50mm shell mill doing 3D adaptive roughing. Safer / easier than using a long series carbide tool, which would otherwise be needed to reach the bottom of the stock.


Deflection of a carbide cutter shouldn't be an issue, as they are designed to be used that way.
Here's an example of a long series cutter taking a good DOC. And showing the importance of good chip evacuation! making loads of chips in a corner with nowhere for them to go almost guarantees a breakage. The chips get "recut" and melt onto the tool.