Tool Calculator

To find a practical entry feed, you must considers several factors. These include chip load, RPM, cutter geometry, depth, entry mode, chip evacuation, material, and … Read more

A simple tool to help compare different parameters before programming your linear or helical entry moves. It’s all about comparing ramp parameters like: Length, Depth, … Read more

Quality of engraving depend on how deep you cut with the V-bit. Too little gives you crisp lettering; too much and it blows out the … Read more

This dovetail cutter feed calculator use material information and the cutter’s geometry to calculate the adjusted chip load and safe RPM. It also calculates the … Read more

The tiny engraving bit appears innocent enough in the collet, yet all the difference between a good logo and no logo is sometimes just what … Read more

When it comes to pocket and slot roughing, trochoidal milling alter the game. Instead of cutting with a full width pass, the tool follows a … Read more

Adaptive clearing is about changing your approach to contour and rough pocket work. Rather than using full slotting cuts and burying a cutter, you maintain … Read more

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