Wide surfaces

Narrow surfaces

'T' slots

'V' grooves

Brazed tipped cutters are costly

Brazed tipped cutters cannot be reconditioned

Brazed tipped cutters are used only for machining high tensile strength steel job

Brazed tipped cutters are used only for machining low tensile strength steel job

0.1 mm

0.2 mm

0.5 mm

0.8 mm

Quality of surface finish

Rigidity of machine

Depth of cut

Rigidity of workpiece

While using helical milling cutter, only one tooth is loaded at a time

Helical milling cutter does not produce chatter

Helical plain milling cutter has an angle of 45 Degree to over 60 Degree

Plain milling cutters are also called as slab milling cutters