Threading & Tapping

Products • December 8, 2025

Threading tools for safety critical applications

The Self-Lock Threading Tools Line from Emuge-Franken USA has been expanded to include additional Threads-All/AERO Thread Mills, including fourteen new 2 x D sizes from #5-40 to 1"-12, and offered for the first time, thirty 3 x D sizes ranging from #2-56 to 1"-12.

Articles • November 17, 2025

High Production Threaded Holes

Brandt Taylor explores high-volume threaded holemaking, highlighting EMUGE's THRILLER tools that drill and thread efficiently using helical interpolation.

Products • October 22, 2025

New Thread Whirling series offers choices on number of teeth and corners

NTK Cutting Tools has launched the new "ECO Series" line as an addition to its existing "Thread Whirling" product line. Compared to conventional Thread Whirling tools, the company says this new series offers significant cost advantages because it allows users to select the number of teeth and corners on the insert according to the workpiece. With this capability, production can be achieved at minimal cost.

Articles • July 21, 2025

Thread Milling Machining Parameters

While delving into thread milling for this column, Brandt Taylor met and learned something new from an EMUGE-FRANKEN expert on high-volume production.

Videos • June 18, 2025

Threading Deep: Solid Carbide Solutions with Vargus USA

Join Cutting Tool Engineering Editor-in-Chief Dennis Spaeth and Vargus USA for a special livestream episode of Bourbon With The Editor™. Tonight's pour explores the precision, power, and possibilities of solid carbide thread milling.

Articles • June 18, 2025 • Brandt Taylor

Intro To Thread Milling

Thread milling offers an alternative to tapping, ideal for large diameters and tough materials, with advantages in control and flexibility.

Videos • June 17, 2025

Scientific Cutting Tools at MT Series East (EASTEC) 2025

Sarah Christopher Falk of Scientific Cutting Tools introduces the company's diverse lineup of precision cutting tools at MT Series East 2025. She highlights their range of solid carbide and carbide-tipped solutions, including indexable tools, specialized engraving tools, and high-performance thread mills.

Videos • June 1, 2025

See Tapmatic’s DeBurr-Z Floating Holder for CNC Deburring

Eliminate tedious hand work and deburr the work piece on your CNC machine for more consistent and controlled results. The DeBurr-Z floats in both the compression and extension direction allowing the cutting tool to follow the top edges or underside edges of the work piece even when these are not clearly defined.

News • May 30, 2025

Inovatools releases INOBOT, an AI app for the machining industry

The tool manufacturer Inovatools from Kinding-Haunstetten, Germany, is setting new standards in the industry, and is the first provider to launch its own AI bot for topics related to machining: INOBOT.

News • May 28, 2025

E-Z LOK hires new sales representative

E-Z LOK, a manufacturer and master distributor of threaded inserts for metal, plastic and wood, has hired a new sales representative firm.

News • May 21, 2025

Eurotech Elite introduces new series of flat-bed lathes

Eurotech Elite, a supplier of multi-axis, high-precision CNC machines, has expanded its product line with the launch of the Toro Series of horizontal flatbed lathes that are engineered with elite European craftsmanship and "tailored for North America's most demanding industries."

Articles • April 19, 2025 • Robert M Layng

Tips and tricks for threading aluminum parts

Keep these pointers in mind — or easily accessible — to help your shop tap into its potential for threading aluminum.