Re: Climb milling was feeds and speeds.

You can acheive decent finishes if you play with your feeds while
conventional milling. Chips must be ejected at the correct rate or
they will whip around the cutter and get stuck onto the face of the
work piece.

When I'm manual milling I will usually hog by conventional milling,
and then reverse my feed to get rid of those chips that get stuck on
piece. If I get my feeds down just right, there is no need for the
climb.

When I work on the CNC bed mill or VMC, I always program to climb.
This allows much better finishes in less time.

Regards,

Robin

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Lee Studley" <indigo_red@q...> wrote:
>
> I once had to put a good edge on a 24"x 1/8" aluminum ruler for a
> luthier and found that the best results I could get were with climb
> milling the 1/8" edge on a manual Bridgeport with power feed.
> If I went the other normal way, it gummed up badly. This was
without
> coolant, but it agrees with the list member that mentioned sign
> making. I dont know why it worked better, but there probably
> is a use for climb milling when appropriate. Maybe just for light
> cuts an controlled setups.
>
> -Lee