Design Nomenclature / Physical Model Making
Climb cut
Also called climb milling, down milling, down cut
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Feeding so the cutter's rotation runs in the same direction as the feed, taking a thick chip first and thinning it to nothing at exit. Leaves a better finish and far less tear-out, but the cutter tries to pull the work into itself — fine on a rigid CNC, genuinely dangerous on a hand router.
