Tool Calculator

Small mistakes with the coolant concentration will lead to financial losses, tool wear and rust. An old machinist learned the hard way that it wasn’t … Read more

Until you’ve produced a piece of diameter that’s out by even a few thousandths, it feels like a silly little shop trick. You thought your … Read more

The feed rates for this parting off tool are important because any miscalculation during cutoff operations will typicaly either blow out the insert, throw the … Read more

The reason the lathe change gear ratio calculator is important is because if you get it wrong even by just one tooth, what used to … Read more

Turning tapers on a lathe appears easy enough… but then you measure them and find one end is proud of the other by several thousandths. … Read more

It turns a taper accuratley between centers. This calculator takes the taper length, work length between centers, and taper diameter and give you the proper … Read more

When facing a part on the lathe, you have to pay close attention to your feed and speed. Clamp the workpiece in place, then bring … Read more

So what’s constant surface speed? It sounds like something only a CNC programmer would care about but it matters if your finish isn’t to your … Read more

It’s tempting to think it’s easy to establish a tapping operation, then use that tap … if it doesn’t snap off and if those threads … Read more

Lathe Feed Calculator are a practical, handy tool that puts the right numbers in front of you to make lathe work easyer and safe. It … Read more

The calculator compares stroke rate, spindle RPM, stone speed, overstroke, material, grit, and dwell so a machinist can preview crosshatch geometry before trial cuts. The … Read more

Surface speed is more important than many discussions in the shop acknowledge. You know what I mean; you can tell when a wheel is going … Read more

It also calculates lapping pressure, which is amount of pressure applied to a load, cycle count, carrier loading, and dwell removal. It’s all designed to … Read more

Setting up threading on a lathe looks easy till you try to cut it. Make one bad depth setting and you’ll either chip out your … Read more