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    Machine Coolant Analysis(Page)

    Machine Coolant Filtration Case Studies  #1  Machine Shop Machine Coolant Analysis   End mill at 10x and four corners of the end mill at 60-x magnification. Analysis of a tool ...

    Brazing with Trimetal Shim(Page)

     Braze alloy / Copper / Braze alloy sandwiches    Steel and carbide both grow during heating.  Steel grows about 2.5 to 3 times as much as carbide.   A soon as ...

    Chipping Tungsten Carbide(Page)

     From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools    Buy the Book   During the production of Tungsten Carbide the material goes through a "green state" where it has the strengt ...

    Cutting Frozen Lumber(Page)

    As wood freezes the water part becomes more important to the cutting. Cutting unfrozen wood is a matter of severing wood fibers. Cutting lightly frozen wood is a matter of cutting a slushy mix. Cutti ...

    Getting Machine Coolant Where You Need It(Page)

    In a huge number of cases, maybe the majority, machine coolant is applied improperly.  Often a great amount of machine coolant is used improperly when much better results would be achieved ...

    Filtration Back Pressure(Page)

    A pump will generate a pressure or back pressure as it tries to pump material through a filter.  The pressure or back pressure is measured in psi. for pounds per square inch.  The finer the ...

    Split Tips(Page)

    Split Tip Breakage Problem:  Tips are highly susceptible to breakage even during routine handling.  Executive Summary:   The carbide is not strong enough for the applicatio ...

    How Fine to Filter Coolant(Page)

    Relationship Of Particle Size To Machining Tolerances   The machine coolant should be filtered to a particle level that is 10% of the tightest desired tolerance.   If the top line is 0.

    Particles in Machine Coolant(Page)

    Microscopic Particles Damage Tools In Precision Machining  Many machine shops remove the big chips from the machine coolant and consider it clean.  Very few shops adequately filter their m ...

    CSM Carbide(Page)

    There are numerous large books written on carbide, but we intend to discuss those things that should be the most important to you. The carbide industry manufactures several hundred grades of sintere ...

    Pretin(Page)

    Pretin, Pretinning, or Tinning   Tinning, Pretinning or Pretin is applying brazing alloy to one or both parts separately then putting the parts together and heating them to complete th ...

    Carbide Defects(Page)

    Common Tungsten Carbide Defects From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools    Buy the Book Internal The most common and most serious problems in Carbide are internal.  Left i ...

    Carbide Specification Checklist(Page)

    Tungsten Carbide Specification Checklist   Supplier:                       &n ...

    Aluminum Cutting Saw Blades(Page)

     by Lowell Freeborn  The two major problems are galling or sticking of the aluminum to the saw blade, and sawing pieces of aluminum with improper clamping.  Refer to our Saw Blad ...

    Saw Blade Glossary(Page)

    Below is a compilation on common saw blade terms and their meanings. We also have many articles on Industrial Saw Blades in our Saw Blade Index. Alternate Top Bevel (ATB): (Carbide tipped circular s ...

    How Carbide Powder is Pressed(Page)

    Tungsten carbide shapes are made from a powder which is typically tungsten, carbon, cobalt and wax to bind it all together.  Carbide shapes are made three ways; pressing in a die, ”whitt ...

    Saw Tip Grinds(Page)

    Saw Tip Configurations (also Styles or Grinds) The overall shape of a saw tip is called the "grind" because it is ground in after the tip is put on the saw body.      FTG ( ...

    Carbide Wetting Tests(Page)

    From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools  Buy the Book Carbide Wetting Analysis Test #1  We were supplied CWF7150 saw tips.  They came two ways; one was untreated and one had a n ...

    Crack Propogation(Page)

    Initiation and Propogation of Cracks in Carbide Material   From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools  Buy the Book   Tungsten carbide and wood both have a grain st ...

    Brazing with Propane(Page)

    Brazing Torch - 1300 F with a Bernzomatic Propane Torch  Here is the answer to whether you can braze with a propane / air torch.   You can but you have to control the environment so t ...