Milling a big chunk of aluminum with EMC2 Linux (high speed spindle mount)

2,017 views · Published 9 September 2010 · 1:01 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: Igor Chudov · 2010 · Education

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The video shows milling a 1x6x18 chunk of aluminum, being cut with a 1/2" end mill, in several passes that are deeper and deeper. This job produced a lot of chips. 

The mill is an old Bridgeport Series II Interact 2 mill that I upgraded to Linux and EMC2 as the CNC control program.

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