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Jim, perhaps the very best thing about these tools is the rather universal aspect of them, being able to take cuts in both X & Y axis with equal ease using the same tool at the same setting. The other wonderful thing about these tools is that there is only one surface of your cutter that needs to be dressed, as all the relief angles are taken care of by the rake angle of the bit as held. Yes, there will still be need for using conventional cutting bits for specialty operations, but at least 90% of normal stock removal can be done with this set-up, and generally without even changing anything at the tool post.

I'm rather new to this myself, but find that I'm using it more and more all the time, and it saves a lot of time so doing!