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Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2025
I got this to use in my Series I CNC Bridgeport. It's been working really well in mild steel with flood coolant. I do almost everything with trochoidal milling with a helical entry, which I find so much less stressful than doing a straight down plunge and then going full bore down the middle of something. I don't run super aggressively, I will typically run my spindle RPM at 1000, and my feed rate around 4 IPM, and my trochoidal pattern takes off 0.030" per pass. it takes a while, but I don't care, I get a super great finish, no chatter at all, and my tools last WAY longer. This one has been performing quite well. The 50 degree helix angle is nice because on most jobs the next tooth is well engaged before the previous tool leaves the cut, so it helps prevent chatter that you can get if you have thin material and there is a gap between teeth where no tooth is touching the material.I've got a bunch of carbide cutting tools, some have coatings some don't, I'm not convinced the coating adds much life to the tool, and I completely disagree with those who say that as soon as the coating wears out the tool is useless... the carbide itself is quite hard and if you don't abuse it it will last LONG after the coating on the very sharp leading edge has worn off, and that happens pretty quick. If you are aggressively plowing right though the middle of things without any coolant and overheating your cutting tool and beating it to death with chatter, you are going to destroy it quickly and no coating is going to help you. If you want to really get long tool life, learn how to to trochoidal milling!Overall I am very happy with this cutting tool. It is dimensionally accurate and it cuts really nicely, and so far it has ben lasting quite well.
Marcus M
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2025
I've only used this endmill on some minor machine work on some hot rolled steel. Not the hardest of materials, but it cut well throughout the entire job I put it through.The cutting edges stayed sharp as well and the cutter stayed pretty cool. I used this on a tiny, cheap mill, so I couldn't take too large of cuts without deflection anyway.
Clyde
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2025
I used this end mill to cut some relief channeling in 1/2 steel bar stock. Kept the feed rate appropriate and didn't try to hog channels out in a single pass and the end mill worked great. Coating protects and the four flute design works perfect. Should last a long time!
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025
I keep cautioning about knowing your speeds/feeds with flute count and it's the same for these.The AlTiN coating seems to be holding up well and preventing any excess wear and build-up, but the moment it does wear, it wears fast and you may as well chuck it, or get it re-dipped/re-coated.It's been tough though and held up well until the coating wore.
Lina
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2025
I have a CNC router and while most of my work is with wood, I recently needed a bit to mill aluminum for clamps that I need. The 4-flute carbide end mill moves shavings away effectively and the 50 deg square end leaves a smooth finish. My CNC works well with non-ferrous metals and hard woods. This bit is what I needed and is proving to be reliable and should last a long time. This is a great bit, and I highly recommend it!
Craig Brubaker
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2025
I use these to cut templated shapes out of 3/4 plywood with a template. You can do it in a single pass, but the bits last longer if you take 2.
vitamin
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2025
So I don't normally cut metal, but I had some stainless plates to cut - this 1/4" end mill was great and cut smoothly, even with my underpowered/home-gamer CNC machine. I used it to pocket as well as side mill and it is still nice and sharp.A good value at less than 1/2 the price of where I regularly buy bits online.Recommend.
CR
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2025
I have seen examples of both good and bad (ok, really bad) tooling of Chinese origin lately, and am happy to report that this is one of the good ones. FWIW, I have nothing against any product based on where it was made. All I care about is how it performs and what it costs. A good performing tool is a good performing tool!I cannot find anything to complain about. The grind is flawless, the coating correctly deposited, and the bit is very well manufactured. I have only had a chance to work it in some aluminum but, so far, it leaves as good a finish as much more expensive tooling. (FYI - four flute end mills are generally used for cutting steel and hard alloys, so this is only a modest measure of usefulness.) With the coating and what I've seen so far, I expect it to continue to perform very well, unless I manage to do something silly with it!
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