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thank you for your suggestions

I will ask them for more $$ on this job. this is a prototype job so they are lazy to buy material

lolz that's exactly what going on here.

thank you for your suggestions. I'm working on a Haas with vacuum plate. framing is an good idea to work on this job.
regard.

I told them about that but they still asked me use material they supplied. so face it to the thickness of the part is only one choice

thank you for suggestion.

I'm thinking about using glue and hold it down the table with support from some screws. then use 1/8 endmill to slowly face it down to 0.004". ( bigger endmill will break the part)
hope it works.

you are right. customer never wrong. :)))

I have no idea. they said material is Aluminum and sent me SS plate. I called back to confirm and they said part makes by SS. :(

sandwich part with aluminum is a good option.
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thanks all.

material is Aluminum 6061 - size 2.00"x3.00"x0.024"

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the part is 2*3 (inchese)

I'm newbie. my Customer send me a mill job with the thickness of part is 0.004". instead giving me stock size 0.004" they send me material with thickness is 0.025" and ask me to face it mill to...

thank a lot. I will try those tool.

Thank you very much for your advice. I don't have a 4-axis so set up part on a rotary table is a great idea. I'm thinking about cutting the bottom of the 70 deg angle on a manual horizontal mill with...

EDM is the first thing I though but the customer doesn't like to use EDM So I have to mill that. 425280

Thank you very much for your advice, Jim. the hard thing is the corner radius between walls of the pocket. I had used the small dia. (3/16) ball end mill to finish this corner after roughing around...

Hi everybody,
I'm new at milling and try to improve the skill. I get trouble with a project that has 3 inches deep pocket and inner radius (radii) to finish are 0.09 (+/-0.03). Material is steel...

Thank you, I got it.

I'm a newbie and I don't have any manual of this lathe. I heard this machine had tool setter probe on it, but I don't know how to pull it down. Does anyone help me on this?

thank you.