Quote Originally Posted by HiltonSteve View Post
e I am trying to say that the effect of climb milling pulls the work towards (or across) the cutter.
The word "towards" is the key here. As you clarified, it does not pull the work towards the bit, but rather along it. I was just trying to say that it doesn't pull into the cutter. If the parts were not clamped down, climb cutting would simply push the work away from the bit, and not throw it out the end of the machine. In order to be thrown, it's position must be constrained in the perpendicular direction, so that the cutter can actually grab the workpiece. If not constrained, it won't be thrown, and monkey B's larger balls would remain intact.

At my day job, we have a large router with two 25HP vacuum pumps to hold sheet goods down. When a part moves a little while climb cutting, it's simply pushed out of the way. If it moves while conventional cutting, the part is pulled into the cutter and typically gets cut in half.