Man, facing aluminium is hard (the “gap” on the left is not my fault, the stock was shit). I absolutely do not have the right endmill for it…
The slotting with trochoidal was brutally fast though, 1800mm/min and it definitely wasn’t the limit, the endmill got really hot again. 
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Where’s your air blast nozzle?
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Don’t have one. Wasn’t needed, I mostly do wood.
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Oh, that looked like aluminium to me. My bad. 
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Grml… You know what I mean. 
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Seriously, air blast on the tool will do wonders without the mess of coolant.
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I am contemplating an ATC… But only in a year or so, then I can add all the toys. Priority are a belt and drum sander though. I hate sanding…
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If you have a compressor, you could add air blast and even isopropyl alcohol fairly inexpensively. If you don’t have a compressor then its a bigger investment.
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I don‘t, but it’s on my list.
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I know the feeling I’ve lost an amana 1/4” bit today.
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How much? Sorry for your loss.
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32€. For a 30€ job which also cost me 3€ more in wood because I cant math.
Happens when you juuuuuust quickly want to do a job in between…
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Z-axis assembly.
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Had to borrow the cart from my tool store and walk back home, then back again to the store since the sheet wouldn’t fit into my car… Which I somehow didn’t see coming… 
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You live within walking distance from the hardware store!?! I would be broke.
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1.2km by foot. It’s a Hornbach, so mostly consumer stuff. I sometimes buy screws there and scrapwood and occasionally some cheap wood, they don’t have “real” wood beside fir.
Since I have a registered business I can get wood a lot cheaper delivered to my door from another retailer. 
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This is going to be interesting.
Still missing the compressor and the water pump. But that needs to wait a bit because my pocket money is all used up.
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Exciting! What do you want/hope to gain with this spindle?
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It’s an automatic tool changer. Need to buy some more stuff for it to work. Water pump, compressor for the air etc.
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