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    Using Calipers(Page)

    Using Calipers (Dial and Digital) Both dial calipers and digital calipers are great tools, and are very versatile.  Dial calipers are mechanical, and measure depth, thickness, length, and can...

    Benefits of Filtering Coolant(Page)

    There are many benefits of filtering machine Coolant.  Filtering machine coolant canextend the life of your machine coolant, reduce the growth of bacteria, and prevent damage to tools by...

    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 Alloys(Page)

    Your Very Best Source For Silver Brazing & Brazing Metals If you have any brazing problems or if you want stronger joints we can almost certainly help.  We can probably save you money, as...

    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...

    Allen Wrenches(Post)

    I found this old set of Allen wrenches. I’d forgotten I even owned it. I was rooting through some old tools looking for stuff to give my grandson Max for his fifth birthday.  These are genuine Allen w

    Machine Coolant Disposal Regulations(Page)

    Machine Coolant Federal Regulations  (Note:  We have corrected the government list to comply with standard chemical notation where we felt it was necessary.  We have included both...

    Template Routing(Post)

    Woodworkers that consistently make projects that have curved shapes find template routing extremely valuable. A custom made template can be routed for one certain shape or several different shapes to

    How to Prevent Chipping and Get Cleaner Cuts (Using Scoring Blades)(Post)

    Chipping can easily ruin an otherwise perfect woodworking project. If you are struggling with tear-out at the bottom of your cuts, the solution lies in pairing your main table saw blade with a matchin

    Shipping(Page)

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    CSM Top Grinding(Page)

    This operation must be done with a good solid index finger that does not spring when the tooth is forced against it.  If the finger springs or moves differently each time a tooth is ground, the...

    Cermet II Saw Blades in Industrial Applications (Page)

    Cermet II Saw Tips have been used to solve many customer problems and increase cutting speed and wear resistance.  See some of the reviews

    Saw Blade Analysis on a Bad Saw Blade(Page)

    John Gammelgard of Weyerhaeuser is a really good saw filer.  His command of analytical data is truly impressive.  Anyway someone sold John a saw blade that didn’t run well.  It came to...

    Removing Cobalt(Page)

    Removing Cobalt (free & chelated)  From Saw   Grinding Coolant

    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 suppli

    CSM Face Grinding(Page)

    More saws are literally butchered by facing improperly than by any other grinding operation.  In the first place, when a saw is first manufactured it has cutting geometry that is designed to...

    Router Bit Glossary(Page)

    Abrasive Routers  These routers are designed to cut abrasive materials such as tile and fiberglass. Sometimes configured in diamond pattern.   Air Cleaner (Air Purifier) A...

    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...

    Tungsten Carbide Properties(Page)

    From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools     Buy the Book

    Machine Coolant Filtration Glossary(Page)

    Here is a glossary of Filtration Terms and their meanings.  Please refer to the Machine Coolant Filtration Index for articles and information on these topics.