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Aluminum is great, until you want to machine it. Then it's a gummy piece of shit.
As far as machining goes, AL is easy mode compared to high carbon steels, tool steels, and inconels.
Inconel is an annoying cunt. Eats cutters and work hardens like a motherfucker.
Not if you know how to machine
Use the right feeds, speeds and tools. Also there’s different types of aluminum alloys with different levels of machinability. If what you say were true there wouldn’t be so many machined aluminum parts in just about every project I’ve ever worked on
No machine! ONLY MELT!
Wait huh? I managed to machine aluminium with the cutter going in reverse. It's basically shiny wood, it's so easy to machine. People do it all the time on hobby routers, no need for a knee mill or sth
Edit: you can even machine alu with wood routers lol. Use a copy head and it'll be as perfect as a CNC