"Tom Gardner" wrote:

Thanks for the help! A climb feed with a bit of cutting fluid at high speed
and the finished cuts are free of welded swarf and the finish looks
professional. I'll post pix of the assemblies before they get too
dirty...provided they work right. The prototype works but we all know that
doesn't count for much. Damn, I love Aluminum!



Glad that your project is working.

When I roughed out my indicator base out of aluminum I pulled out my little
slipstick for speeds and for carbide tooling it it listed surface speed per
minute as max. My only concern was just how deep to bury the inserted
cutter.

Did your bridgeport feel like it was on steroids?


Wes