So having a heck of a time finding images or video comparing the two.
Making prototype parts, so its not essential to have the perfect mirror finish. More of a proof of concept normally. My question is, before I run this massive material clearing part, how rough of a finish does a 'roughing' endmill leave? Is it still fairly smooth, but just not a mirror finish, or is it pretty awful and going to want a finish endmill to do a final pass?
It's a very small shop, slowly gettings the tooling we need as we need them, and the long finish end mill we have is pretty garbage, so wondering if the nice new carbide roughing mill will work for now, or if it's going to be a pretty big deal to replace the finishing endmill for these parts.
And before anyone goes on this rant, yes I know it's an expensive trade, and bits are always worth the money yada yada. We are a small shop, COVID stuff hit everyone, so just kind of toying around with things as we slowly get all the ideal tooling over time.
Making prototype parts, so its not essential to have the perfect mirror finish. More of a proof of concept normally. My question is, before I run this massive material clearing part, how rough of a finish does a 'roughing' endmill leave? Is it still fairly smooth, but just not a mirror finish, or is it pretty awful and going to want a finish endmill to do a final pass?
It's a very small shop, slowly gettings the tooling we need as we need them, and the long finish end mill we have is pretty garbage, so wondering if the nice new carbide roughing mill will work for now, or if it's going to be a pretty big deal to replace the finishing endmill for these parts.
And before anyone goes on this rant, yes I know it's an expensive trade, and bits are always worth the money yada yada. We are a small shop, COVID stuff hit everyone, so just kind of toying around with things as we slowly get all the ideal tooling over time.