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in reply to: nontiveros86

Just spit-balling here for some suggestions:

 

1) Try using a smaller stepover on your parallel pass.

 

2) Try using a larger ball mill (perhaps 1/2") as well as a smaller stepover.

 

3) Try using a different toolpath -- I've had really good finishes with the scallop pass on aluminum.

 

 

Everything said, I'm about 99% your issue is the the 1.5mm stepover. That's quite a large leap, approximately 0.060". I do parallel finishing passes of 0.005-0.010" on aluminum plastic injection molds. I would suggest first trying to change your stepover somewhere between 0.250-0.350mm and perhaps even work it down further from there.