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Old 29-03-2014
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Originally Posted by Crazy L View Post
Bloody hell, that's alot of sodding about............ . We have old hat Bridgeport VMCs and they're so slooowww.
I bet your Bridgeport is faster than my Denford Nova Mill. It is running on Mach3 software, which is great but being in the "shed", I do all the milling dry as I can't cope with cutting oil or its gradual migration into the house. It's bad enough having to vacuum the kitchen to stem the approach of fine aluminium chips and swarf!

I have to use a limited amount of cutting oil to drill and it's a pain. I often choose to mill a pocket rather than drill a hole. I have an air blast aimed at the cutter to clear the chips.
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