@langdons
The bird nest is quite a issue,sometimes it catchs on the workpiece causing a spike on spindle load, it can even break small diameter drill. I dont think add magnet should helps since the swarf was tighten on to the drill when pulled.
Are you sure about steel wool? Mine are sharp af, got numerous cuts just to pull it out with a plier.
Standing infront of the machine for hours just to remove chips defeats the purpose of a CNC machine.i tried manually adding M4 wait for 3s then M3 it works like a charm, but also when camming a hundred holes, that shit gets old real quick.
There is no locknut in the spindle so spinning it backward shouldn't be a problem. I'mma add braking resistor to the drive so that should be fine too.
@unknow
Remaping is way way over my head and messing around with it can crash my machine (I broken a spindle shaft once, it was a sad month). I may take a look on subroutine.
i drilled some decent steel, and the chip break nicely, just that I have shit steel. Good steel is too far to get and not every part required one.
@tommylight & Aciera
It's a typo on the tittle, I always use peck drill