This old timer at a trade show in Cleveland gave me a tip that saved a job

Jesse Thomas · 2026-03-17T13:45:09.781419+00:00

I was at a machine tool show maybe two years back, looking at a new Haas VF2, and this guy next to me, had to be in his 70s, just starts talking. He saw me frowning at a print for a tricky aluminum part with thin walls. He said, 'Kid, for that, run your finish pass at 95% of your programmed feed, not slower. Lets the tool pull out of the cut cleaner.' I tried it the next Monday on a job that was giving me chatter, and it worked perfectly. Has anyone else run into a situation where going a little faster on the finish actually made a better part?

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