The new Cinch carbide insert chamfering tool from Fitz-Rite Products Inc. uses a square ANSI standard insert and is available in 60,82, 90 and 120-degree included angles. The compact yet rigid design ...

When the tool you need doesn’t exist, you have to make it yourself. Come to think of it, even if the tool exists, it’s often way more fun to make it yourself. The former situation, though, is one that ...

We can make our 3D-printed parts even more capable when we start mixing them with some essential “mechanical vitamins.” By combining prints with screws, nuts, fasteners, and pins, we get a rich ...

The following article on the geometry of cutting inserts was prepared by Iscar Ltd. and edited by Bruce Vernyi, Editor-in-Chief The evolution of cutting tool shapes and cutting edge geometry is an ...

Everybody who has worked on a car knows the pain and suffering of stripping or damaging threads. It can and will happen to anybody on a wrenching journey, and it often feels like a firm dead-end for ...

Industry-pioneering automotive additive manufacturing opens the door to scalable tooling solutions, reduced lead times, and enhanced durability L-40 tool steel powder developed by MacLean-Fogg for ...