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Default Depth of cut (aluminum, HSS end mill)

Love that comment you gave about multiplying the tool diameter by .01 to get the chip load for a 1 endmill. I am right now campaigning this very concept on Facebook bc i feel all the new guys should learn this. Feeds and speeds were so hard for me to learn and practically within the year I got really good at cutting steels and aluminum with the craziest depths and slotting. I noticed the chip load was directly proportional to the diameter of he tool. But for slotting full depth at 3x the diameter of the tool I recommend .002 instead of .01 I got by difficulty of the cut bc people have different concepts of materials. Some say 303stainless is soft. It is but I wouldnt call it soft. And .01 is for easy to cut materials like cast iron and aluminum and plastic
Wow really cool. Im gonna look for that chart you have