Surfacing and straightening
Milling

These two types of operation are shown in figure 2 .

With a modern face milling cutter, you can machine flats of all sizes with maximum efficiency. The production of flat surfaces is to milling what the generation of round surfaces is to turning. However, turning is a single-point process, whereas milling almost always involves the use of multi-tooth inserts. In the past, a flat surface was machined using...