Cutting Tools

In the past, tool resharpening got a bit of a bum rap: It was better, perhaps, than throwing the tools away, but the resharpened tools weren't likely to achieve the same longevity as new ones. Today, resharpened tools can often achieve the same lifespan as new ones, and resharpeners can improve their customers' tool usage in other ways as well.

Cutting tool considerations for effectively machining titanium medical parts.

Proper edge preparation improves tool performance.

Tool manufacturers respond to automakers' cost-reduction demands.

Powder metallurgy can allow harder, tougher HSS tools to replace solid-carbide cutters in high-shock and high-stock-removal applications.

The pros and cons of purchasing standard, application-specific and custom cutters.

PCD tool costs drop as available styles proliferate.

Optimize edge and insert placement in facemill and endmill cutters.

It may be penny-wise to refurbish PCD cutting tools, but it also may be productivity-foolish.

Powder-metal endmills: the tougher roughers.