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Tried bumping my feed rate by 20% on aluminum and it actually gave me a better surface finish
Was running a job for 304 stainless brackets last month and the chip thinning was making my finish look terrible, so I sped up the feed from 12 IPM to 14.5 IPM and the chatter completely disappeared, has anyone else seen better results from running faster instead of slower?
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margaret_nelson19d ago
On thin wall aluminum, what feed rate did you end up at?
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taylorcarr25d ago
Used to be one of those guys who'd always slow down the feed to fix a bad finish, thought going faster would just make things worse. Then a customer needed a rush job on some thin wall aluminum parts and I had to push it hard, ended up with mirror finish and zero vibration marks. Still catches me off guard when cranking up the speed actually makes everything smoother.
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