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Jim Wilkins[_2_] Jim Wilkins[_2_] is offline
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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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Is there a speed you just routinely find yourself using most of the
time?

As I've said many times. I'm not a "real" machinist. I just play
one on the Internet, and I get paid for some work in a very narrow
specialty.


I try for a cutting speed around 80-100 feet per minute, using HSS
bits on steel.