When end mills go bad

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Pizzazz
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When end mills go bad

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Hi Gang

A broken end mill and one that had the material melt onto the cutting area


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Re: When end mills go bad

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That's painful to see. It looks like that second one is missing a couple of teeth also, in addition to having lots of junk stuck on what's left.

--Rik

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Re: When end mills go bad

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Rik


Yep. My friend was cutting a very hard stainless and destroyed his bits!

Mike

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