Got my little Hercus making chips.
Here is a video of it cutting 1/2"-13 threads in 6061... At 2000RPM.
It can go faster than that though...
http://www.youtube.com/v/YKb2g5xalEk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0
I thought I had posted the machine earlier when I got it, guess not.
Hercus Compulathe, made in...