I’ve experienced the difference a good tool vs a bottom of the barrel tool can make in a finishing cut. Does this also apply to roughers or are they all pretty similar in operation? I’d imagine the “nicer” roughers are just sharper and better balanced leading to lower cutting pressures/higher material removal rate than the cheap ones?

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However, with the serrated flutes, that means each flute is removing less material at the same stepover. So you may get some advantage, just nothing like an industrial machine that can handle larger stepovers / MMR.

And just to add real quick: I’ve done most of what i can think of in terms of general performance increases. Smw mod vise keeps things nice and rigid. Fogbuster with iso keeps chips cool and clear. Advanced tool paths in fusion.

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I recently had to remove a good bit of material (subjective i know, I’m working my way up to vince and the like ) This probably took an hour or so with a very aggressive adaptive clearing strategy from fusion 360. If I could reduce my cutting time 20% just by using a rougher that would be well worth the tool change. Not to mention the saved life on the fancy single flute datrons I’ve been eyeing

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