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The Cutting Tools Reference Center, from American Machinist, contains information on production and tooling, including; pressure cutting tools, temperature cutting tools, speed cutting tools, level cutting tools, hall effect cutting tools, pressure transducers, other input/output devices, carbide drills, drill bits, inserts, diamond bits, jig and fixture, plasma cutters, router bits, taps and dies, holders, grinders, grinding wheels, counter bores, sawblades, vises, clamps, tombstones, fixtures, CBN wheels, high-speed steel tools, HSS, boring bars and boring heads. It is designed to provide the modern machine shop, design engineers and manufacturing engineers with manufacturing engineering using the cutting tool engineering information they need to specify or purchase a cutting tool, apply a cutting tool, use EDM today, be knowledgeable about today’s medical developments, carry out production machining, or effectively utilize chucks, cutting tool paths, CAD/CAM, collets, gages, calibration, deburring tools, reamers, center drills, portable drills, twist drills, specialty tools, RAM and wire EDM, indexable inserts, calipers, cutting feeds, cutting speeds, filtration, filters, gear grinding, lapping, honing, cylindrical grinding, O.D. grinding, I.D. grinding, universal grinding machines, graphite, hobs, grooving tools, cutoff tools, jaws, face plates, lathes, milling machines, knurling, keyseat cutters, machining centers, oils, modular tooking, hand tools, portable power tools, programming, robots, welding, steady rests, routers, spindles, rotary indexing tables, tool coatings, chamfering, polycrystalline tools, tool presets, trepanning, forming, training, single-point tooling, wheel dressers, gun drills, micro-machining, corner milling, material, tool grinding, workholding, plasma cutting, metal machining, metal cutting, milling, drilling, turning, grinding, waterjet cutting, laser cutting, end mills, metal sawing, toolholding, fixturing, holemaking, boring, quality control, metrology, chip processing, pallet changers, fluids, coolants, part cleaning, counter sinks, dressing systems, tool detection and material suppliers.

 
System Provides Pinpoint Machine Flatness
 
Engineering Metal Working Fluids
New chemistries make fluids safer, work harder and last longer.
 
New Milling Technology
 
Pneumatic Drill Delivers Damage-Free Part Piercing
 
Shop Sets Up For Speed
Its secret is standardized equipment and procedures.
 
Tooling Company Releases New Product Lines
 
Errant Performer Or Scapegoat
Spindles are the usual suspects when machining goes bad. Don't be too sure.
 
Idea Pins Down Corner Locating
 
Instant Feed Indicator
 
Life Support For Cutting Fluids
Managing cutting fluids, and extending their life, pays dividends in lower operating and disposal costs.
 
New Lubricant Nozzle For Near-Dry Sawing
 
Pinpointing The Cutting "Sweet Spot"
 
Tools For Improved Chip Evacuation
 
Adaptive Controls Save Tools and Time
Technology Advances Supercharge an Old Process.
 
The Good News About Bad Vibes
Getting rid of vibration and chatter increases cut quality and productivity.
 
Need To Share CAD Files? DWF IT
File format solves CAD exchange problems.
 
What Every Machinist Needs. . .Gold Plated Tools
 
Better Data Improves Profits
 
Cutting Difficult-to-Machine Materials
 
Machine Complex Workpieces in Single Setups
 
No, You Won't Shoot Your Eye Out
 
Pneumatic Drill Facilitates Waterjet Cutting
 
Quick-Change Bushings Toe the Line
 
Sealants Replace Screws, Rivets and Welds