b'\x1b\x1a\x19 \x1f\x18\x1d\x17\x16Machinists CornerCHIP CONTROL WHILE TURNINGBy Brandt Taylor and other plastics. The photograph shows a light cut being made on 304 S ome turning operations producestainless steel with a chipbreaker in-long, stringy chips that gum upsert. The long chip is a problem.the works. Chips that wrap aroundMachinists can use software to a workpiece or chuck create safetyget manageable chips every time by and productivity issues. Chipbreakergenerating predictable, repeatable geometry must be tailored to a cut- chip lengths. Peck drilling is a way ting operation to work well. Theto form reasonably sized chips when insert nose radius, rake angle, chip- drilling. The technique used here is breaker form, cutting speed andto peck while turning. But instead feed, and coolant flow all should beof retracting the tool parallel to the considered for successful chip con- feed direction, the tool retracts at trol when cutting metal. Chipbreak- 45 so the chip is sure to break and ers are useless for turning nylonthe cutting edge does not oscillate SumpCleanerAd.qxp_Layout 14/1/203:12 PMPage 1YourCoolant CleanedQuicklyEriez Sump Cleanersare fast, powerful and portable. Minimize your downtime, maximizecoolant performance and lower disposal costs. Removes chips, heavy sludge and solids Returns clean ltered coolant directly to the sump 65 to 1,000 gallons Air, electric or LP gas poweredUnits in StockReady for Immediate Shipment Eriez.com | 814.835.600018JULY 2020MachinistsCorner.indd 18 6/16/20 9:17 PM'