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3D Adaptive Clearing vs 3D Pocket Clearing

As i understand the advantage of adaptive vs pocket is that with adaptive i can make deeper roughing stepdown cuts which should end up with less machining time than pocket clearing thanks to the deeper cuts. 

 

I've read that i can cut as deep as the flute length. I am cutting wood and my flute length is 76mm. The rule for wood is to cut half of the tool diameter, which is 12/2 in my case. So could i increase my roughing stepdown from 6mm to 76mm just because i use adaptive clearing? What does this strategy do to allow for such deep cuts?

 

I guess this strategy is made for cutting metal and usually the flute lengths for metal is short.

I'm trying to understand how deep i can cut and what is the advantage of this cutting strategy. I don't want to risk breaking my bits because i understood wrong.

 

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

I've attached the file just in case.