As one of the most important metal material in modern industry, stainless steel attracted much attention from machining service end. SS material was extensively used while SS machining is very challenging due to its notorious poor machinability. Many tips were researched and developed to optimize the SS machinning process to achieve longer cutting tool life, high cutting speed and better surface finish etc, in a word, improve SS machining performance of a workshop.

Some general rules apply to most machining of stainless steels, as those written in Atlas Specialty Metals Techincal Handbook and Designer handbook issued by Specialty Steel Industry of North America:.....

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