Tool Chart

In machining, you drill holes and press in a spring pin, only to have the pin fall out because hole size is an afterthought. You … Read more

Those spring pins you see is carefully made fasteners that compress, lock and hold against shear force. But don’t let their similarity to generic metal … Read more

How about the dowel pins you had that stuck in holes that appeared to be the right size? You shoved on them but they wouldn’t … Read more

You have to stop and look for your chuck key, because it’s been lost in the bottom of box with everything else. Your drill won’t … Read more

It’s happened to all of us: You pick up a new power tool, don’t read instructions, stand in hardware aisle holding cordless drill with a … Read more

Put a Morse taper drill in lathe’s spindle. Then smack it once sharply with the drill handle, and the tool drop down perfectly into place. … Read more

Or perhaps you’ve cranked up your tungsten ball and seen it shoot to life, only to immediately go dim as its contact becomes loose. Ugh. … Read more

If after an hour of drilling and reaming holes you’re frustrated when the dowel pins slip right in, you might need help understanding why it … Read more

Dowel pins are these little guys that look like bolts without threads. You find them in woodworking jigs, injection molds and machine tools, where there … Read more

The clevis pin is a humble piece of steel with a hole, a head, and a simple bar of metal. But go too small or … Read more

How many times have you been working on your truck’s suspension only to realize that one of those little split pin is nowhere to be … Read more

When I hear steel on concrete I don’t think of the noise, rather I think about a perfect circle becoming less so. What you may … Read more

Here is the meaning behind the names: precision machine shops use the ER collet system, which scales in size from big end mills down to … Read more

Sometimes, in the middle of a CNC cycle time that just stretched out on shop floor, you might notice the insert failed prematurely. But it’s … Read more