Expansion Reamers: Precision holes require precision tools. When machinists need an exact size hole, they want the best tool available to achieve the desired diameter. That’s a job for a reamer. The appropriate amount of stock removal for carbide tipped reamers is typically 2-3 percent of the finished hole size. This is so the reamer […]
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Expansion Reamers Explained
Posted: 3rd February 2015 by brednane1981 in ReamingTags: carbide tipped, cutting tools, manufacturing, Reamers, Reaming, Reaming Problems, Special Tools, Super Tool
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
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 […]
Planes, Trains, and…Bowling Balls?
Posted: 24th September 2014 by brednane1981 in Carbide, Drilling, Milling, Special Tools, Super ToolTags: America, American manufacturing, carbide tipped, cutting tools, Drilling, Drills, Inventory, manufacturing, Reamers, Reaming, solid carbide, Special Tools, Super Tool, tooling
I’m a bowler. I’ve been bowling in leagues for about 9 years now, and while, I have yet to bowl a perfect game (although I have come pretty close) or pick up that unforgiving 7-10 split (I have never come close at all), I have had my own custom ball since I’ve started. As with […]
National MFG DAY 2014
Posted: 10th September 2014 by brednane1981 in Super ToolTags: America, American manufacturing, carbide tipped, cutting tools, Drill Bit, Drilling, Education, Inventory, machining material, manufacturing, re-shoring, Reshoring, Special Tools, Super Tool
The United States was founded by a group of people who were by and large do-it-yourselfers. It comes as no surprise that over the decades the American people have only grown in that same attitude and because of it we have created one of the world’s most powerful economies and one of the best environments […]
What is the next mile marker for the US?
Posted: 7th April 2014 by brednane1981 in Super Tool, UncategorizedTags: Drilling, manufacturing, re-shoring, Special Tools, Super Tool
Every generation seems to mark its place in history by doing or creating something that has such an impact on society that it is changed forever. Just going back 150 or so years: the railroad, the automobile, flight, the creation of rockets, space exploration, the internet, and cell phones (to name a few). All of […]
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 […]
Hardness of the material you are machining – Why is it important to know?
Posted: 20th November 2013 by brednane1981 in Die Drills, Drilling, Milling, Reaming, Special Tools, Speeds and Feeds, Super ToolTags: cutting tools, Drill Bit, Drilling, Drilling Problem Solving, Drilling Steel, Drills, hardness, machining material, manufacturing, milling cutter, Reamers, Reaming Problems, Special Tools, Speeds and Feeds, Super Tool, Tolerances
Knowing the hardness of the material you are machining is important. It helps determine the appropriate speeds and feeds for your application and can affect the design of the tool being used in the machining process. Despite this importance, it is surprising, although very common, that many machinists do not know the hardness of the […]