"Gunner" wrote in message
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Im doing it now...on a shaper..simply because it was killing my
endmills


Have you tried a indexable facemill? I never use an endmill for squaring
blocks - only facemills. With hardened stuff, I find carbide works well as
long as you slow it down. You're good if you've got one that takes cheap
inserts.

I was thinking along the lines of Karl with the disc grinder, but .09" is a
lot of material and it's very labour intensive to hog material for a long
time.

Regards,

Robin