cutting tools
Southeast Tool Manufacturing Process
Making high quality router bits is not an easy, one step process. Producing the best router bits requires an immense amount of meticulous attention to detail. It requires the highest quality tool material, top-notch machining, and consistent testing of the … Continue…
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How to extend the life of you cutting tools
The life of your cutting tools depends on the care and consideration you take with them. Checking and changing tool holders and collets when needed can drastically increase the life of your cutting tools. Many of the new CNC machines have the ability … Continue…
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Finding the Best Tools
When looking at the game of pool, we all know that the precision of the cue is extremely important. We all want some thing that’s going to last, hold up, and not become warped. We want perfection. When Keith Josey … Continue…
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Determining Saw Blade Quality from Chip Size
How tools form chips during the cutting process is usually of more importance to the Toolmaker / designer than to the woodworker. Woodworkers most often simply check sawdust and chip size visually as a gauge of tool performance, and that … Continue…
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