In article , Harold & Susan Vordos says...

That's sort of what you do with a K&T, only it's by increasing the power
feed. You simply turn a handle while it's cutting, and it increases with
each half revolution. I've taken cuts in chrome moly with large side
cutters advancing at 10"/min. It's nothing short of amazing to watch the
chips accumulate, all the while the machine isn't even grunting. I'm sure
you can imagine the difference when a K&T may weigh three tons as opposed to
your hand mill, which sounds like it's doing one hell of a bang up job!

That's what robert bastow used to say about horizontal mills. His
instructions on setting one up involved getting the setup straight,
turning on the spindle, and coolant, and then cranking the feed
by hand until the machine sounded like it was bogging down.

Then back off a bit, and set the automatic feed to keep up with the
hand feed. Then sit back and watch it just **** out chips.

Jim


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