3" Face Mill Speed
WEBNov 24, 2005 · One place I worked running a CNC mill there was a job we hogged out aluminum with a 3" face mill, indexable carbide. If I recall, we ran it at 3000 RPM (I think that was top speed or close to it for the machine), feed was something like 50 inches/minute, 1/4" depth of cut (full depth of the inserts). Took like two/three seconds at .