Quality Saw Blades with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee

When you have a 100% satisfaction guarantee, then you can only afford to sell the very best.  We will take back any tool that breaks or that the customer is unsatisfied with, no questions asked.  We can only afford to … Continue…

Why it’s important to change your Router Collets

Why is it so important to change your collets?  Router Collets should be changed about 2-3 times a year.  Remembering to change your collets is a fairly inexpensive way to greatly increase the tool life on your machines.  Here is … Continue…

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The Corrosion of Saw Blade Steel and Tipping Material

This article was taken from the below published research of  College of Brunel University- Department of Timber and Construction.   It has some really great information about the corrosion of cutting tools as a result of the acids in the types … Continue…

Brazing Steel

This was originally a question from a forum.  It was a good question, and I thought some of you may benefit from the information. Forum question:  I am brazing machined 01 tool steel parts together, and/or tool steel parts to 302/316 stainless Steel parts. I … Continue…

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Free Tool Give-Away!!!

SawMill Creek is hosting a Free Stuff Give-Away to celebrate their 10th year being online.  We have been members and contributors for SawMillCreek.org for many years, and are very happy for them for reaching this great milestone.  We have donated … Continue…

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Are more teeth on a Saw Blade Better?

The rule of thumb is that a saw blade with more teeth means a smoother cut and fewer teeth means a faster cut.  There are other things that affect the cut quality and the feed speed, like how fast you … Continue…

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Free – Tool Industry Newsletter

Free – Tool Industry Newsletter http://www.carbideprocessors.com/content/nl-jan-2013.pdf This is online at our web site.  You can also subscribe by emailing csq@carbideprocessors.com Primarily geared to Saw Filers in mills, pro level saw shops and others at the top of the carbide tool … Continue…

Designing Custom Carbide Parts

How to design carbide parts Tungsten carbide parts are made in one of three ways.  1. The powder is pressed and sintered.  2.  The powder is pressed and pre-sintered.  It is machined in the green state and then gets the … Continue…

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The All Important First Cut

There are very few universal rules in the world. One rule that comes pretty close is that you should always take it slow and easy when making the first cut in any material using any tool. The importance of this rule … Continue…

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Dissolving Braze Alloy with Acid

Dissolving braze alloys with acid is very dangerous and must be done with extreme caution. Note: I have a lot of chemistry in both high school and college.  I have a chemistry lab at work with a dedicated fume hood. … Continue…

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