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Surface Finish and Feed Per Tooth

See how theoretical milling roughness changes as feed per tooth and tool diameter change.

Theoretical milling surface roughness depends strongly on feed per tooth and cutter geometry. Reducing feed per tooth generally reduces the geometric cusp height, while a larger cutter can also change the theoretical result.

The calculation is only a geometry estimate. Tool runout, vibration, tool wear, material behavior, machine condition, and toolpath strategy can dominate the measured finish in real work.