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    Carbide Defects(Page)

    Common Tungsten Carbide Defects From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools   

    Wiha Bits(Page)

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    Bondhus(Page)

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    FELO(Page)

    Bondhus / Felo 2015 catalog from Carbide Processors Click here to download the Bondhus

    Wiha ESD(Page)

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    Cleaning Steel (Page)

    Cleaning Steel Before Brazing There are many differing opinions in this area. I recommend Easy Off Oven Cleaner for cleanliness test because it is easy, cheap, effective and everyone knows it is...

    Carbide Surface Treatment(Page)

    From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools   Buy the Book  

    Cermet Definition(Page)

    Cermets are any metal based (and / or metal bonded) ceramic although definitions differ.   Ordinary tungsten carbide is a cermet.  Through translation errors cermet has come to mean...

    What Machine Coolant Does(Page)

    To reasonably evaluate the choices available in machine coolants, it's good to remember why you're using coolants in the first place.  Metal‑removal techniques generate friction, which in turn...

    Tungsten Carbide Tips(Page)

    Save on Carbide Saw Tips, Stump grinder Teeth and STB blanks. Choose from many different sizes and grades or get a quote for a custom.   Click here to check out our online selection...

    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...

    Machine Coolant Water Quality(Page)

    Water used in machine coolant mixtures should be made as pure as possible.  Contaminated water can contribute to bacteria growth in the Machine Coolant and can cause health problems for...

    Filtering to Improve Quality(Page)

     When and Why to Filter   In grinding operations you want to filter out all the particles that are larger than 10% of the grit size of the wheel or 10% of the tightest dimension...

    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...

    Types of Drill Bits(Page)

    With dozens of drill bit types and thousands of sizes to choose from we'll explain the differences and help you choose the right drill bit for your application. Anatomy of a drill bit:

    Importance of Machine Coolant Management(Page)

    A great number of industrial processes such as grinding, milling and turning create heat and particles.  Machine coolants are used to keep the work surface cool and to carry away chips and...

    Steel Brazing- Brazing to Laser Cut Steel(Page)

     Why You Need To Gum Saw Plate  (You can buy saw plate that has been sandblasted to remove the heat affected zone.  This can work but it takes a lot of sandblasting.)   

    Importance of Quality Carbide(Page)

    Quality Carbide Is Important  From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools   

    Pretin(Page)

    Pretin, Pretinning, or Tinning   Tinning, Pretinning or Pretin is applying

    Calculating the Amount of Brazing Alloy to use(Page)

    Braze joints are strongest at about 0.0005” (1/2 of one –thousandth of an inch) but this is not a good standard for two main reasons: As the braze joint gets thicker it provides significant...