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Today I was having to cut down 8 inches of a 2.5" diameter 6071 Aluminum round bar. I was taking 0.1 cuts. This generates a nasty swarf tangle and I would have to stop everything several times during the roughing cuts to clear out the swarf mess. I then started putting the feed in neutral for a second or two several times during each pass to break the long swarf chip. This helped although it did not eliminate the need to stop the machine to clear out the next, but I did not have to do it as often.
Now my questions
Q1: Does it hurt the machine (Grizzly G4003) to move the feed lever into neutral and back so often ?
Q2: Is there a better way to avoid (or clear) the birds nest of nasty aluminum swarf during a long cut like this?
Now my questions
Q1: Does it hurt the machine (Grizzly G4003) to move the feed lever into neutral and back so often ?
Q2: Is there a better way to avoid (or clear) the birds nest of nasty aluminum swarf during a long cut like this?