Face map, no cutter
Loupe, Ra sled, and a land-width sketch. You leave with numbers and a recommendation. Some maps end with “do not mill this alloy.” That is a successful map.
What we will cut
Pick the surface that is lying. We will not upsell a full-set mill because a pitching wedge is tired. We also will not mill a driver crown or a graphite hosel. Metal faces. Written roughness. Wet-table check.
If the grooves still have a square corner under a loupe and the face just looks shiny, start with a map. If the 56° is packing rye by the third hole at Fiddler’s Green, start with groove-edge. If the whole iron set feels like a skillet, start with the 5-PW window. Rates live on their own page. The cutter does not negotiate them at the vise.