How to Select the Best Milling Operation - Basic Tutorial - SMITHY GRANITE 3-in-1

This Video Helps the Viewer Determine How to Select the Best Milling Operation - Basic Tutorial - SMITHY GRANITE 3-in-1
(From Video Transcript)
"If the project you are doing needs to be grooved, keyed, slotted, drilled, or just machined flat, the tool you need to turn to is the mill-drill machine. For milling operations, the work piece is attached to the cross slide table and fed into a revolving cutting tool. The profile of the milling cutter and the controlled movements of the machine's table govern the shape of the cut.
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The machine that Dave is using for demonstration purposes is the Granite MAX 1324. This lathe-mill-drill combo machine sets the standard for premium quality bench top machine tools.
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(More of the Video Transcript)
"Here is a part made on the Smithy Mill-Drill machine. The finished shape is complex, but each individual cut that went into producing this part was very simple. That's really the key to milling. Taking one step as a time. A good machinist will look at a design and think of it as a progression of simple milling and drilling operations. This part required 22 separate cutting operations: five different mills, four drills, five different types of work holding tools, and a total of nine individual set ups on the milling table. Each set up was carefully planned in advance, so that as the cutting progressed, the machinist did not lose the ability to hold the part rigidly on the table. A successful milling operation requires a careful choice of cutting tools, work holding devices, and table movements. Lets start by looking at some of the cutting tools used on the mill and then move onto the work holding tools and the controls of the machine."