problemincrease m/minreduce m/minincrease chip loaddecrease chip load where failure occursuse tougher carbide gradeuse harder carbide gradeapply coolantpossi use coated carbideble sol use topping insertution change infeed anglecheck for insert movement and reseatreduce tool overhangreselect shimapply chipbreaker stylereduce DOCadjust centre heightbegin cutting threads 12mm before workpiecechange infeed method
chatter
bur on crest
short tool life
chipped leading edge
chipped trailing edge
broken nose (fi rst pass)
broken nose (after fi rst pass)
built-up on cutting edge
premature topping
splitting threads
poor chip evacuation