Chip Break Questions... Video Links Provided

That's exactly where we are headed with the next test.

We can do pecking

I think that even a momentary lack of thrust would probably be enough if it was applied every few rotations... But only a test will tell.

Joe, That is what I was going to suggest. I've observed this when manually drilling, just a slight let up in pressure with out retracting will break the chips.

Best, Steve

a supposedly pro engineering company that does not know how to chip break............well I never did.

For such a light weight looking unit, it sure makes quick work of that

My best thought would be to go for a "chip break" cycle. Maybe feed down like .05...then back up .01...then back down .06...ect. Perhaps even a variable feedrate....go in at normal feedrate for a bit...then lighten up a bunch...then back down at normal speed. After checking out the first vid...I was thinking.."what chip issue???" The interrupted cut looked amazingly smooth...I would of never guessed it if you had not mentioned it. I do think that incorporating a chipbreaker in this application would be very tough.....When I think of a "conventional" chipbreaker you try to force the chip to curl upon itself. In a hole making operation....making a chip curl back into the hole would not be a good thing....unless you could somehow incorporate a chipbreaker higher up the flute. Downside to that idea is your tools would turn out to be "depth specific"