Quote Originally Posted by Washout View Post
my machine for some reason likes to mill when running in a clockwise direction in a pocket, which I think is conventional milling i.e. the spindle is running clockwise as you look down on it from the top. My understanding however is that climb milling should be better?
I plan to cut hardwood but currently I use an overhead pin router with templates, as you say with the cutter running clockwise from above I would be moving the workpiece anticlockwise as this is the only safe way to cut hand held stock. If it's moved in the same direction as the cutter then the cutter tends to acts as a power feed and just pulls it out of your hands but if you can hold onto it the finish tends to be better. So maybe the best plan is to use conventional milling for the most part and leave a finishing pass in the opposite direction ? at least with it being a cnc and everything clamped it should not 'run away' as a hand held would.