.030 Ball End Mill – 2 Flute

The .030 tip leaves a really clean radius on the maple trim I'm milling, way less sanding than my old flat cutter. Solid carbide holds an edge nicely too. Took a couple passes to get the feed dialed in, but now it cuts like butter.

Cut some rounded slots in walnut with this and the 2-flute geometry cleared chips way better than the 4-flute I had before. The 1/8 shank fits my trim router collet perfectly with no runout. Solid carbide too, so it should last a while.

The .030 tip is tiny but it held up fine cutting rounded slots in hard maple without any chatter. Two flutes clear chips well on a 1/8 shank, and the finish on the curves came out glassy smooth.