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I acknowledge that this will be a stupid question.
I have a number of cutters whose flutes are 9/16 but shanks are long enough to cut down to the inch I want. My thought was that if I used a Climb cut, the tool would lift slightly and the shank would not rub on the part of the profile already cut. I would be descending down the surface in .020 cuts (Sherline 2000). I have a mister and assume if I crank it up a bit I may be able to keep chips from getting between the shank and the milled surface, and of course the last pass can be a couple of thousandths.
Other than having my finish a little rough where chips get under the shank,what else should I consider? Or is this nuts?
I have a number of cutters whose flutes are 9/16 but shanks are long enough to cut down to the inch I want. My thought was that if I used a Climb cut, the tool would lift slightly and the shank would not rub on the part of the profile already cut. I would be descending down the surface in .020 cuts (Sherline 2000). I have a mister and assume if I crank it up a bit I may be able to keep chips from getting between the shank and the milled surface, and of course the last pass can be a couple of thousandths.
Other than having my finish a little rough where chips get under the shank,what else should I consider? Or is this nuts?