Just another clamp...from aluminum

He went after the cycle time with 1/4". Chip evacuation is now a problem on the big endmill with no extra room in the slot. You can hear them crunching, and I think the coating on the endmill might have helped, because whenever i hear that crunching, i have about 3 seconds before a chip weld and failure.
Air blast is necessary from here out, we think.

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I saw one of the comments on the YouTube posting about a mist of IPA. I assume that’s for the operator (LoL).

MB

Funny you should think so…

A well-prepared operator has everything they might need on hand…
I did wonder if you could get buzzed of a room full of rapidly evaporated mist.