CNC milling 1/2' slot in 1/2' steel plate using Sieg X2 mini-mill

Milling 3"x1/2"x1/2" slot in 1/2" rolled steel plate. Thirty passes at 5 IPM, .02" per pass, using 1/2" four flute end mill. Half inch hole was pre-milled at start of slot to save time. A good portion of the chips oozed out through this hole to the right of the vise (not shown in the video) thus there was no need for ongoing chip removal.

[CryoftheProphet]

On todays episode of "how to murder your end mill", we take a fascinating adventure into machining.

[aaronmcshane]

Any chance u can do a video showing your machine setup. I have the x2 aswell not cnc but would like to see yours and how you set it up.

[DarkMatterLP]

holy shit ur tortureing this tiny machine :O notice how the vise shakes while cutting

[h.g.a.airsoftcontracting]

are you using mach 3 like most of us??? awesome video btw.