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Originally posted by Puzzdre
Ahhhh, fellow hand CNC'er 
I did the same thing, just with the mill bits (2 mm to be precise)... With block in the vice, I errr...'milled' it by hand, but I moved the vice on the table with one hand (vice was loosely attached with two bolts to the table) and went up and down with mill bit. The result is not so 'nice', but serves the purpose well...
pic is crappy, but...
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Yeah, back when I didnt have a CNC mill, I tried to use endmills in the chuck of the drill press, and found that it was easier for me to use a dremel Tungsten carbide bit so it wouldnt eat so much off when I goofed and had less of a chance of loosing a finger or 2.
Besides those damn dremel Tungsten carbide bits are virtually indestructable and they cut through just about anything. The only caviat with using them is when you try to tighten the chuck down too much on them to get a really good hold, they will tend to crack in half at higher than 1500 RPM's.