Shapeoko vs. Aluminum round 2, why don't HSM best practices work?

As explained here, as well as countless other reasons, I’d pick HSMAdvisor over GWizard any day. However, Kennametal’s NOVO calculator is free and likely more accurate than anything else when milling metals with their reasonably priced material specific endmills. But, like with GWizard, you have to divide the cutting torque by the cutter radius to get cutting force.

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