Many machining operations if not all of them are prone to vibration and harmonics. Machinists commonly refer to these as vibrations as chatter. This can occur in lathe and mill operations. There are numerous reasons for chatter, ranging from poor work holding, to poor rigidity of the tooling. Thin wall parts are most troublesome as are long parts especially during lathe operations.

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