Two years ago, we began a research project to expand our horizons and to find new ways to reach out to our customers, both new and long standing. Through our brainstorming we looked at and investigated the various ways other businesses were reaching out their customers and found, surprisingly, that in our industry of cutting […]
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What’s on Your Mind?
Posted: 5th November 2014 by brednane1981 in Milling, Reaming, Special Tools, Speeds and Feeds, Super Tool, Tolerances, Tool CoatingsTags: carbide tipped, cutting tools, Drilling, Drilling Problem Solving, Education, manufacturing, Reaming Problems, Special Tools, Super Tool, tooling
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Converting High Speed Steel Cutters to Carbide Tipped Cutters
Posted: 28th March 2014 by brednane1981 in Carbide, Milling, Special Tools, Super Tool, TolerancesTags: carbide tipped, Chip clearance, cutters, cutting tools, high speed steel, keyseats, machining material, manufacturing, milling cutter, slitting saw, slitting saws, solid carbide, Special Tools, Super Tool, t-slot, t-slot cutters
I quote a lot of special milling cutters and slitting saws. Frequently I receive a HSS print with a note from the customer saying that they would like this quoted in carbide tipped. So I quote the cutter and reduce the number of teeth. A carbide tipped cutter with the same diameter and width as a […]
Special Tools: Tolerances That May Cause a Price Increase
Posted: 19th July 2012 by brednane1981 in Special Tools, TolerancesTags: Special Tools, Tolerances
I work for a manufacturer of cutting tools. One of the departments I work in is the special tool quoting department. I see a lot of requests for special tools everyday. Most of these requests have tolerances called out on various dimensions of the tool (diameter, width, flute length, shank diameter, radius, chamfers, etc). Sometimes […]