Cutting, clogging, & cleaning
The reason we bought a milling machine was to make, repair, or modify components and to do this we have to remove material. Hopefully from the right places. We have a variety of cutters available to us to accomplish this including:
• drills
• reamers
• taps
• countersinks
• end mills
• slot drills
• sitting saws — to name a few.
Once your component is securely clamped (see Part Two of this series, Showing Restraint, in Issue No. 83 of ), ensure that the cutting tool is held correctly in its chuck or collet holder, keeping tool overhang or stickout to a minimum. Being rigid and stable applies as much to tooling as it does to the designed to take side loads induced by milling and are exclusively for drills. Milling cutters should be held in a collet chuck or other suitable holder.
