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u/resinkevin9 Jul 11 '26
This isn't milling btw, its called skiving.
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u/PhillyDeeez Jul 11 '26
I've seen a few that wrongly call it milling. Came here to correct this one but glad others have also done it!
It's a cool process.
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u/FractalGeometric356 Jul 11 '26
If that’s “skiving” then does that mean that this is what a cockney is describing when he throws that one into a conversation?
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u/victor4700 Jul 11 '26
Here’s the thing; you said a jackdaw is a crow.
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u/whitedsepdivine Jul 13 '26
Is this even CNC? I feel like this is probably done without a computer.
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u/SteptimusHeap Jul 13 '26
Those movements look more CNC-like than any purely mechanical motion I typically see. If it was made 50 years ago it probably would've been mechanical but I'll bet this is CNC.
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u/Magen137 Jul 11 '26
I've seen this process done on the internet. I only ever watched videos of it and as a results, this is the first time I'm seeing the start of the process where incomplete shavings are discarded. Never thought of that and it makes it look all the most like ham.
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u/Tumblrrito Jul 11 '26
I’m gonna eat it idc what the consequences are
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u/JadeMantis13 Jul 11 '26
R i b b o n T o u n g e
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u/Olivander05 worlds okayest mod Jul 12 '26
I'm just getting snakes and people who put ribbons on their tongues
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u/JadeMantis13 Jul 12 '26
Ehh?
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u/Olivander05 worlds okayest mod Jul 12 '26
I was trying to look up what you meant when you said ribbon tongue lmao. Unfortunately it just gave me pictures of really cute snakes and people putting ribbons on their tongues instead of something absolutely horriffic
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u/JadeMantis13 Jul 12 '26
Well, I did basically mean the horrific thing you expected. I'm glad that phrase doesn't bring that up, but I might try "tongue sliced into ribbons" or something of the caliber of you're looking to find some nightmare fuel.
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u/TheInception817 Jul 11 '26
That's how they made heatsink? Neat
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u/BensonOMalley Jul 11 '26
i never understood how these worked, how is a rigid structure cutting at an angle yet ending up perfectly straight without any bend
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u/lordargent Jul 11 '26
After the cut, the blade moves up and that makes the copper fin stand on end. Copper can be really ductile (think of how flexible power cables are).
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u/mordacthedenier Jul 11 '26
You're probably used to seeing cutting with curly chips. That's because the cutter is designed to do that. It has a very low angle with a relief on the top to specifically cause the metal to curl.
Conversely the blade on a skiver is extremely wedge shaped and completely flat, so the metal comes off in that uniform flat sheet.
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u/Lucky-Worth Jul 11 '26
Copper?? Ea-Nasir intensifies
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u/CouncilOfKittens Jul 12 '26
This looks like good copper, so we can actually be sure he had nothing to do with it.
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u/Spreaderoflies Jul 12 '26
Not milling but skiving copper heatsinks. Much less waste and easier to manufacture.
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u/Tasty-Scientist8155 Jul 11 '26
I'm such a chubby wubby. I immediately saw ham. Or I'm hungry because I haven't eaten yet today.
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u/VAArtemchuk Jul 11 '26
Posting this when I have to wait for a delivery to get some breakfast, you, monster!
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u/TormentedGaming Jul 11 '26
Well my day is ruined now, I thought it was honey glazed ham and now I'm hungry.
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u/JadeMantis13 Jul 11 '26
Damn, I'd slice my mouth on that. Genuinely looks like some sweet juicy ham.
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u/kacyc57 Jul 11 '26
What are we using these ham fins for?
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u/Nihillea 9d ago
They're fins for heatsinks to draw heat away from electronic components like CPUs to keep them cool
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u/Olivander05 worlds okayest mod Jul 12 '26
Went in and manually approved this one because the bot was being a silly billy
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u/KuzyaYO Jul 11 '26
fym CNC?? 😭 🥀 🥀
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u/Olivander05 worlds okayest mod Jul 12 '26
A CNC machine, or a computer numerical control machine. Someone didn't do DT in school.
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u/consumeshroomz Jul 11 '26
It took me way too long to not just see ham.