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  • How tight is tight?
    March 10, 2020

    How tight is tight?

    Yes, tightening your tool holder incorrectly can have disastrous results! Overtightening (we see a lot of this) causes: 1. Collet distortion – Because the overtightened collet nut and collet is forced to grip extremely tightly at the nose end, they...

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  • The #1 cause of cutter breakage
    February 25, 2020

    This little thing can cost you a lot of money!

    The #1 cause of cutter breakage.  Of the assortment of causes of cutter breakage, there is one that stand out as follows: Many tools are now made from tungsten carbide. While this means that the cutters last much longer and...

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  • Saw Blade Terminology
    October 31, 2019

    Saw Blade Terminology

    FLAT TOP(FT) Square top a top specifically used for ripping cuts and slotting cuts in solid wood and aluminium. ALTERNATE TOP BEVEL (ATB) Alternating right and left top bevels. For use on General-purpose blades for rip and crosscut on wood...

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  • Chipbreaker Compression Cutter - perfect cutter for cutting plywood
    May 29, 2018

    Ever wondered how chipbreaker tooling works?

    Chipbreaker tooling is designed to combine both a roughing and a finishing pass into one. This 2 pass operation is especially used when routing thinker solid timber. The first pass with a roughing tool quickly remove the bulk of the...

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  • Which is best Climb cut or Conventional Cut?
    May 29, 2018

    Which is best Climb cut or Conventional Cut?

    McKelvey School of Engineering - Climb Milling vs Conventional Milling   Which is best Climb cut or Conventional Cut? Climb and Conventional cutting merely describe the way in which the cutter moves around the part in respect to its direction...

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