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    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 ...

    Think Your Old Machine Is Worthless? Think Again(Post)

    Morse Bits and Brad Point Drill Bits for Older Machines   I don’t know how many times a day I’m on the phone with a customer looking for a brad point drill bit (threaded or straight ...

    Welding Carbide(Page)

    Welding Tungsten Carbide  From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools  Buy the Book  Weldable tungsten carbide is generally used to mean the joining of tungsten carbide to steel wit ...

    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 dan ...

    Welding Tungsten Carbide(Page)

    Weldable tungsten carbide is generally used to mean the joining of tungsten carbide to steel without the use of braze alloy.  Welding tungsten carbide may or may not be true welding.  This ...

    Woodworking(Page)

    Magazine Articles Woodworking Articles Video Library Brazing Ceramics Woodworking FAQs Brazing Video Forintek Report Woodworking Acronyms Choosing Saw Plate Timber Processi ...

    Magazine Articles(Page)

      Advanced Materials and Processes  "New technology permits cemented and solid ceramics to be brazed in a manner identical to Tungsten Carbide..." Ceramics Industry ...

    Brazing Alloy Pushed Out of the Brazing Joint(Page)

    30x picture with our Proscope.    I measured the layer of brazing alloy on the side of some places where the tips came off and it is about 0.010” to 0.013”.&nb ...

    About Us(Page)

    In 1981 we started working for Weyerhaeuser R&D helping them make better saw blades for less money.   As our technology developed and our reputation grew we acquired more and more custo ...

    Importance of Quality Carbide(Page)

    Quality Carbide Is Important  From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools    Buy the Book Using good carbide is like using thin kerf saw blades.  The differences are ...

    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 ...

    Company Info(Page)

    Carbide Processors manufactures and sells exceptional tools for the toughest applications.  We've been at it since 1981, providing the highest performance tools to professional saw mills ...

    Cutting MDF and Plywood(Page)

    Cutting MDF Compared to Plywood Both MDF and Plywood can be very tough on the cutting tools.  This is why it is important to use saw blades that are specifically designed for cutting MDF a ...

    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.  ...

    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 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 ...

    Router Bit Comparison(Page)

    I was sent two router bits to compare.  One is a famous name bit and the other is a bit that claims to be better.   Executive summary:  The less expensive, less famous bit is bet ...

    Filtration Glossary continued d-f(Page)

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

    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 ...

    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 ...