My boss said to scrap the part after the tool broke in the middle of a 316 stainless run, but I tried a manual jog and a 1/4 inch endmill to finish the pocket and saved a $450 blank.

Has anyone else pulled off a manual save like that on a supposedly ruined piece?

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Honestly, that sounds like a huge risk to the machine for a single part.

Sometimes you gotta risk the machine for a game-changing part, @uma_patel19.

Wait, you risk the whole machine? That's insane.