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To answer your question, yes, the lead-in feedrate is theoretically where it is not touching the part. However, depending on your settings, it could actually enter the part at a higher than wanted feedrate, due to stock size, lead in strategy, etc

Me personally, I prefer the following:

Lead in, Lead out ramp and cutting feedrate all have the same value. I don't want to hear from the hypothetical crowd about shaving off .0000001 seconds from a toolpath by jacking them up.

This is what my machine would be running in aluminum (it's a beefy enough machine)

 

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Seth Madore
Owner, Liberty Machine, Inc.
Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two.