Milling - How many extras (1 Viewer)

[JustDave]

When getting chips milled do some 'fail'? If I want a rack of milled chips should I plan on x% of extras?

 

[Josh Kifer]

When getting chips milled do some 'fail'? If I want a rack of milled chips should I plan on x% of extras?

Depends. Good condition paulsons, none should break. Older dryer ASMs, expect 1-2 per rack.... They can get fragile. If you go slow and don't force it, there should not be any issues....

 

[RussB42]

Depends on how good ya are at centering the bit to the chips.

It takes me many xtra's to get the centering right, every time I change chip types.

 

[Ethan]

I air on the side of 2-3 racks

MOAR chips please!

But in all seriousness that’s about how many chip I feel comfortable when I do the job. @Josh Kifer is the expert and certainly way better than me, though.

 

[Josh Kifer]

I air on the side of 2-3 racks

MOAR chips please!

But in all seriousness that’s about how many chip I feel comfortable when I do the job. @Josh Kifer is the expert and certainly way better than me, though.

I'm no expert. I've just been trusted not to fuck up other people's stuff.

Lol.

 

[allforcharity]

Once or twice out of 3000 chips I accidentally dropped a chip side first into the router bit. But I gave myself 10% extras just in case. In the end I just swapped out the worse 10% chips as my "display" extras. Otherwise no fails of note.

(I check my centering on a throwaway extra chip that's not really worth anything. It can also be done on plastic.)

 

[JustDave]

I understand some of what it takes to do the milling but I'm not really equipped for it nor do I have the inclination to be so I'll likely farm it out. I think the approach of 10% extra and that gives you extras to select 'the best' for what you need.

 

[Josh Kifer]

I understand some of what it takes to do the milling but I'm not really equipped for it nor do I have the inclination to be so I'll likely farm it out. I think the approach of 10% extra and that gives you extras to select 'the best' for what you need.

If not needed, make sample sets and people will buy them.

 

[Littleluck55]

Plus, I always keep a few extras of each denom as they sometimes wonder off. Or fall in a vent