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Default Milling a deep pocket, chip clearance

On 2010-07-29, Doug White wrote:
Jon Elson wrote in
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Ignoramus6705 wrote:
With this Bridgeport Interact CNC mill, I find myself doing things
that I have never done before, like milling deep pockets. So I have


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A Shop Vac with a small nozzle will suck up aluminum chips just fine
unless you are dealing with a very deep hole. Unlike compressed air,
there is little cleanup when you are done.


And -- you can have a small nozzle for compressed air which will
blow towards a larger intake of a shopvac so most of it gets swallowed --
even with a deeper pocket.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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