Tool Calculator

Mills are precise tool. A small mistake makes itself known in boring. If one feed rate go wrong it will be seen as chatter within … Read more

Face milling sounds easy: roughen the surface, then make it scream. You must balance how aggressively you remove metal against chip load and surface speed … Read more

Finishing operations such as reaming may appear easy but in reality they can make difference between good parts and scrap. First, you drill near your … Read more

A common mistake among woodworkers are to overlook details like cup depth and pilot reach when setting up a cut. But sometimes we line up … Read more

The Speed and Feed Calculator estimates Torque, Material Removal Rate, Drill Cutting Time, Plunge Feed Rate, RPM, and Mag Drill Power Margin when drilling typical … Read more

On paper, slot milling sounds easy, drop the end mill into a straight channel, move across the material until the cut is made and repeat. … Read more

On paper, thread milling is easy to look at. Drop a cutter in a hole, spin it around and up in a helix and you … Read more

Need to know how deep to drill into wood, plastic, or sheet metal? How thick should a boss be? What’s the best sized hole for … Read more

This Wood Hole Spade Bit Speed Calculator is easier, safer, and cleaner. Because spade bits aren’t as forgiving in geometry as twist drills, or even … Read more

Now, having a stripped thread can make a minor repair costly. You’ve got a casting that won’t hold a bolt anymore and you have no … Read more

The self drilling screw capacity calculator is relevant because framing clips holds loads. Metal roofs stay attached to roofs during storms. Screws goes in, or … Read more

When driving a screw, pilot holes stops the wood from splitting. If it does split, it takes glue and dowels to fix a piece of … Read more

The devil’s in the details, Forstner bits demonstrate this. You get everything lined up looking like it will be perfect and you begin drilling with … Read more

Want to know exactly which RPM your workshop machine should be spinning at for any given project? This calculator lets you input diameter, material SFM … Read more