ng a straight end mill is not the most efficient, ideal choice.
Why Use a Single Flute End Mill?
There are a lot of strange beasts out there in the cutting tool world and a lot of physics that are not obvious. For example, many machinists will know that more flutes mean more productivity, but that certain materials, like aluminum, require fewer flutesusually two or three. If that's the case, when would it ever make sense to use1 flute end mill? Is there a time when the least number of flutes pos