Originally Posted by
steedspeed
How about .001 stepover on the cutter and leave it running for a month! Just kidding!
Actully .001 to .003 in mold making is a normal less polishing at the end.As I have done this for going on 20 years this way. the machines runs Lights out and some times for a few days. then less bench work.
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