rowanellis•2mo agoMost Upvoted

I was running a 3/8 end mill at 800 SFM for years until a guy in Tacoma told me to check my chips

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My old foreman in Dayton always said the chip color was the machine talking to you. He'd walk by, see a silver stream instead of that nice straw color, and just tap the feed override without saying a word. Took me a year to really hear what he was listening for.

angela_baker2mo ago

What finally clicked for me, @gray6, was watching the curl and listening to the cut's pitch change.

terry_lewis212mo ago

Sounds like a weird ASMR channel.