"Ed Huntress" wrote:

You shouldn't have any trouble with it at all in aluminum. But pay close
attention to how your machine behaves when climb-cutting in steel. In a
small, conventional machine like yours, everything has to be tight or it
will chatter or generate some other vibration.

You'll know soon enough when you start using it.

I've found running carbide on bridgeports, climb milling works out better than using hss.
Likely because I don't push carbide hard since it tends to snap and I've got the rpm
cranked up as fast as the charts indicate for steel or the machine can do. There is
something about the rpm that keeps things mellow. It is counter intuitive but it works
for me usually. Locking axes that are not moving is of course good practice.

I'm usually using 5/8" ground em's and 1 3/8 inserted. Hardened items, well, that can be
thorny and I may go conventional with carbide on that kind of work.

Wes
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