Machining

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The single most significant benefit offered by indexable tools is the ability to renew the cutting edge without having to remove the cutting tool from production.

Five-axis programming is difficult, requires an expensive CAM system and an even more-expensive programmer to sit in front of a computer all day cranking out complicated G code. Right? Not necessarily.

In episode 31, Dr. Jeffrey Badger fields a question from a shop truing its diamond wheels offline, then remounting them onto the non-tapered spindle without using an adapter. The shop is wondering whether its tight wheel tolerances negate the need for an adapter. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

I’ve been playing around with all these calculations, but they’re a hassle on the shop floor. What can I do? Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

A shop asks Dr. Jeffrey Badger, our Grinding Doc columnist, if it is really necessary to rotate the dressing diamond. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

During rotary plunge dressing, a shop worker is dwelling 2 seconds and would like to know if that’s about the right amount of time. Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger suggests it isn’t a matter of time. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

A shop that switched to powder-metallurgy steel after being told it would be easier to grind has found the opposite to be true. The shop turned to Dr. Jeffrey Badger, our Grinding Doc columnist, for the facts. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

Cutting Tool Engineering magazine’s Grinding Doc columnist Dr. Jeffrey Badger offers some recommendations for instructional and informational grinding literature. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

A wheel manufacturer recommended that a machine shop switch from brown alumina to white alumina because the latter is more friable. In this episode, the Grinding Doc analyzes the wisdom of this move. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger fields a question from a shop taking smaller and smaller finishing passes and several spark-out passes in order to get tight tolerances and a good surface finish. But the shop is having trouble getting the wheel to bite into the workpiece.

For the 21st episode of the Grinding Doc video series on the Cutting Tool Engineering Plus Web site, a shop asked Dr. Jeffrey Badger whether it’s better to up-grind or down-grind? Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.