When you are machining products in your shop, you know the kind of fatigue that regular usage can put on your cutting tools. With too much use, the flutes of your drill bits will eventually dull. This can lead to poor performance and even tool breakage. To make sure that you are getting the most out of your drill bits and other cutting tools, you need to ensure that you are buying them from a quality drill bit…

As many machinists and shop owners know you can find carbide end mill sets online for extremely low prices. Most of these tools are shipped from overseas and, unsurprisingly, you end up getting what you pay for. All tools will wear down and break over time, but you can influence how long that process takes based on where you purchase your tools.

Carbide is the preferred…

When it comes to running a machining shop, time matters. Having to do constant tool changes on your milling machine can be both annoying and time consuming, but it is important to always use the proper end mill for every task you are trying to accomplish. Here at Online Carbide, we are dedicated to producing high quality carbide drill bits and end mills. They also have drill mills for sale…

Drill mills for precision milling applications are very common and actually fairly useful for a wide number of jobs. From the name it might sound like their main practical use is for drilling a hole through a surface, and they certainly can be used to do so. At the same time, however, they can be used to perform a great number of other tasks.

Typically found with points of 60 or 90 degrees,…

If you work with milling machines, you have either experienced or heard horror stories about what can happen when you use low quality end mills. Many “carbide” end mills from overseas lower their prices by selling carbide coated tools or tools made from lower quality carbide stock. In order to avoid the short lifespan and potential for sudden failure that comes with these cheap tools, you need to make sure you are ordering from quality…

Machining can take a lot of time, especially when you are operating at lower speeds and feeds. One way to speed up working time is to use variable flute end mills. These unique cutting tools look like your standard end mill, but with a few important distinctions when it comes to flute design. If you have had to lower your speeds and feeds to avoid chatter and you want to get back to milling…

Precision drilling and machining can seem more complex than it really is, with many specialized bits and processes making up the whole. While together they can be intimidating, typically they can be reduced down to relatively simple fundamentals.

Spot drills are one example of this. Looking through a catalog of precision mills one will uncover a number of…

MAchining and milling are extremely precise operations. They are precise not only in the fine details that CNC machining can create or bring out on a surface, but they are also extremely precise in the tools that must be used in conjunction with the materials being machined. Milling and machining are even so prescriptive as to go so far as to specify when such end mills should be used on what surfaces and even what coatings are most appropriate.…