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    Bandsaw Blade Brazing(Post)

    Bandsaw (Band Saw) Blade Brazing Six Easy Steps Clean and bevel the blade ends  Clamp blade ends to the fixture Spread the flux Braze Anneal Remove excess alloy Size of Blade With a very smal ...

    What Do You Get In A Quality Tool?(Post)

    The question “What do you get in a quality tool” came up on a forum today.   Somebody needed a new endmill and  was looking at two different endmills.  One end mi ...

    Steel and Carbide tools(Post)

    How Tool Manufacturing and Materials Affect Quality The materials used and the processes tools go through during manufacturing play a crucial role in determining their quality. For steel or carbide t ...

    Woodworking FAQ's(Page)

      1. What is the better buy- a Table Saw or a Radial Arm Saw? 2.  What is the best type of Dado Blade to Buy- The Dial (Wobble Type) or The Stacking (Chipper Type)? 3.  What is ...

    Custom Carbide and Cermet Tools(Page)

    Tungsten Carbide and Cermet II Tools   We Sell Standard and Advanced Grades of Tungsten Carbide You can have carbide that works 2, 3 even 5 times as long as your present carbide grade.  ...

    Why plywood needs special tools(Page)

    You quite often get better results with plywood when you use special tools, such as saw blades and router bits,  designed especially for plywood rather than tools deigned for wood.   In th ...

    Making A Really Good Saw Blade(Page)

    A good saw blade is whatever the customer likes. Here is what I like: 1.  Personally I think the very best saw blades come from a very few, really top-end custom shops.  2.  In this ...

    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 signi ...

    Bandsaw Blade Brazing(Page)

    Bandsaw (Band Saw) Blade Brazing   Clean and bevel the blade ends  Clamp blade ends to the fixture Spread the flux Braze Anneal Remove excess alloy Size of Blade With a very sma ...

    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 ...

    Customer Reviews of Cermet II Saw Blades(Page)

      User Reviews - World’s Best™ Saw Blades with Cermet II Tips    These are some of the experiences that customers who have tried our World’s Best&tr ...

    Brazing Process(Page)

    Definitions Brazing is the joining of two dissimilar materials using a third material.  brazing alloying and brazing are the same thing except the brazing alloying takes place below 840 F and b ...

    Simple Solutions to Brazing Problems(Page)

    About 80 - 90% that these answers will solve these problems.  If you want more details you can go to our Braze Failure Analysis page.  Or buy the books.  You can also call 1-800 346- ...

    Tungsten Carbide Grades(Page)

    From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools  Buy the Book  There is no comprehensive comparison of tungsten carbide between and among tungsten carbide suppliers.  A big part of the p ...

    Can Cleaners Harm Saw Blades(Page)

    Also See: Soaking Saw Tips in Oven Cleaner First, there are thousands of grades of carbide so discussing the properties of carbide is like discussing the properties of wood. Therefore, I suppos ...

    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 ...

    Machine Coolant Filter Units Cut Costs(Page)

    There are four simple steps to cutting costs.  These are proper settings, maintenance of equipment, proper air handling and proper machine coolant management.  Refer back to the Filtration ...

    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 ...

    Saw Blade Wear Cutting Gypsum Board(Page)

    Saw Blade Wear Cutting Gypsum   End of gypsum board – notice saw marks     Two saw blades – top one is as removed.  Bottom one has been cleaned for inspectio ...

    Carbide Surface Treatment(Page)

    From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools   Buy the Book   Graph shows that the ECP surface treatment doubled joint strength on the average and dramatically increased process re ...