Tom; on my larger manual lathes, HSS tooling, I'd expect a chip load about 1/10 of what you are doing, and a speed about 1/5 to 1/10 of what you were trying.
Mind you, maybe I'm a "chicken", and I don't have Carbide cutoff experience, so don't take the above as gospel. JohnS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't Limit Your Business. Reach for the Cloud. GigeNET's Cloud Solutions provide you with the tools and support that you need to offload your IT needs and focus on growing your business. Configured For All Businesses. Start Your Cloud Today. https://www.gigenetcloud.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
