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Jim Wilkins Jim Wilkins is offline
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Default How to mill a flat surface

On Jun 1, 10:04*am, Dan@ (Dan H) wrote:
Take lots of little cuts instead of feeding the full width of the
cutter


What kind of milling machine do you have?
My experience with a smallish Clausing mill has been that a flycutter
or shell mill taking a wide but very shallow cut gives the best
finish, as long as the non-moving table and quill clamps are tight.