Milling

Articles • January 1, 2010

Personalizing putters

Productive Times feature Kevin Burns Golf, 408-244-7768, www.kbputters.com. Challenge: Maximize productivity and minimize tool breakage when roughing custom putter heads. Solution: A 5-flute, solid-carbide endmill that minimizes chatter. Solution Provider: Dura-Mill Inc., 800-444-6455, www.duramill.com.

Articles • January 1, 2010

Accelerate into HSM

Machine Technology column from the January 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • January 1, 2010

Easy to be hard

Milling plastics is just easy enough to be difficult.

Videos • December 15, 2009

Thread milling

Rather than using taps to thread steel prior to hardening, a growing number of shops are opting to thread mill heat-treated steel.

Articles • October 1, 2009 • Michael Deren

The bright side of being fired

Machinist's Corner column in October 2009 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • October 1, 2009

Turbocharging your toolpath

Get With The Program column in October 2009 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • October 1, 2009

A multiple-ton rebuild

Part Time column in October 2009 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Videos • September 15, 2009

Driving diesel

Watch Sandvik Coromant Co.'s CoroMill 365 cutter mill an engine blockmade of compacted graphite iron in this online complement to our September CTE cover story.

Articles • September 1, 2009 • Frank Marlow, P.E.

A milling tools overview

An array of milling tools is available, including endmills, facemills and plain mills. Typical milling applications include facing, filleting or edge cutting, profiling, slotting, pocketing and blind slotting.

Articles • September 1, 2009 • Dr. Scott Smith

Three rules for cutting thin parts

In recent years, monolithic machined aluminum components have been replacing sheet metal assemblies throughout the aerospace industry. The monolithic structures are lighter, less expensive and stronger than their conventional sheet metal counterparts. Machining the components requires fewer special tools, fewer hand operations and less assembly time.

Articles • August 1, 2009 • Dr. Scott Smith

Post-processing should not work

The creation of a part program for a CNC machine tool usually starts with a part drawing or model that contains the part material, geometry and tolerances.

Articles • July 1, 2009 • Frank Marlow, P.E.

Parts of the milling machine

Unlike lathes, which have been around for thousands of years, milling machines are less than 200 years old. Because they require much more power than hand-driven lathes, the introduction of milling machines had to wait for the invention of industrial water and steam power.