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John Saunders

John Saunders owns and operates Saunders Machine Works, a manufacturer of machine shop tools and fixture plates. He documents his machining and entrepreneurial endeavors on the YouTube channel NYC CNC and is founder of ProvenCut, a website with a video library of speeds and feeds.

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Articles October 27, 2020 John Saunders
Surface finish on A36 steel
The challenge for this ProvenCut recipe was to achieve an acceptable—or even excellent—finish with a tool length-to-diameter ratio of 5-1.n
Articles August 18, 2020 John Saunders
Tooling for a COVID-19 world
With demand growing for physical barriers, manufacturers are rising to meet it. Here are speeds and feeds for the machining of polycarbonate sneeze guard bases.
News October 11, 2019 John Saunders
ProvenCut provides speeds and feeds on video for machinists
Machining a part requires knowing the correct speeds and feeds for a cutting tool and material — a skill that can take years to master. What if a resource existed that made it possible for anyone to run a CNC machine and successfully cut a range of materials, from plastic and stainless steel to titanium? What if the same resource could help seasoned machinists learn how to optimize a new cutting tool or a new material?

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