I am leaving you Aluminium and am taking the end mills!

[Julien]

@BLKKROW

maybe climb is best for Aluminum?

It’s adequate in 99% of cases, aluminium or not. At least this was my take from this discussion:

Climb vs conventional, definitive guidelines anyone?

I have been re-reading about climb versus conventional cutting, sampling various sources: https://www.cnccookbook.com/climb-milling-versus-conventional-milling/ https://www.datron.com/blog/climb-milling-vs-conventional-milling/ http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/Climb_vs._Conventional_Milling www.harveytool.com/secure/Content/Documents/Tech_ConventionalMillingVsClimbMilling.pdf +multiple posts here on the forum. and I must say I feel somewhat confused now by the contradictory statement…