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Originally posted by MadDogMe
I take it that's the 'forward and backward' direction, not side to side. Would'nt that be more important on a CNC mill? where you want to mill both directions in one 'programming pass'?. With a hand mill you can just turn the piece around and use the side to side directions instead no?...
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Not always. If your peice is to big you wouldn't be able to mill the middle of it. You could mill a 1/3rd of each sidde and not be able to get the middle 1/3rd. 6" is a bear minimum IMO. Mine has 7" and it just bearly cuts all sides of a 2" wide peice of material because the vice takes up most of the travel. You can always just try and clamp the peice directly to the table to but it needs to be very secure. But if your going to piss away that much cash you just as well get something good.