EndMillCutter

The safest way to machine a piece of metal using a horizontal miller is to feed the metal into the cutter, against its rotation. This is called up-milling (see below) and it is the technique used in school workshops. The metal must be held very firmly in a large machine vice, usually a nylon or leather mallet is used to hammer round the handle of the vice to ensure it is extremely tight.

Milling cutter tool

UP-MILLING The safest way to machine a piece of metal using a horizontal miller is to feed the metal into the cutter, against its rotation. This is called up-milling (see below) and it is the technique used in school workshops. The metal must be held very firmly in a large machine vice, usually a nylon or leather mallet is used to hammer round the handle of the vice to ensure it is extremely tight.

Horizontalmilling cutter types