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Instead I find out that maybe it isn't a good idea to plunge straight down?

Depending on the tooling you're using and what you're cutting,as well as feedrate, plunging forces can vary considerably. When we first got our machine at work 10 years ago, we always just plunged straight down, as we didn't know any better. We plunged fast, too, with probably a few hundred pounds of force. Never did any damage. What we did see, was a lot of burning at the tool tip and a lot of tool wear from it.


And yes, I did the Aqua screen. I think it's pretty cool, too. Hope you like it. Thanks.