Tooling & Workholding

Cutting Tools
The broad category of “cutting tools” includes all of the consumable tooling involved in milling, drilling, turning and other lathe and machining center operations. Drills, end mills, taps, reamers and inserts are all included here. Consumable tooling used on certain other types of machine tools is included here as well. Also found here are toolholders and closely related accessories such as angle heads.

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January 2012

Advancing Manufacturing, Tomorrow and Today


A drilling solution improves the production of a component that is critical for correcting spinal disorders. Meanwhile, an apprenticeship program ensures that improvements like this one can continue into the future.

September 2010

Video: Big Boring Operations on a Marine Prop Housing


East Texas Machine Works focuses on large-scale work. Here’s a video showing impressive boring operations on a marine component.

June 2010

Video: Modulation Assisted Machining


This footage shows the effect of a techology that speeds and simplifies center drilling by oscillating the drill through many pecks per second.



May 2013

Coolant-Fed Live Tools Increase Life in High-Cycle Operations

By: Modern Machine Shop
Using coolant-fed live tools from Planet Products helps shops increase productivity in high-capacity CNC turning applications.

May 2013
Superior Die Set Threadformer

Unscrewing Devices for High Production

By: Modern Machine Shop
Superior Die Set will showcase its Threadformer family of unscrewing devices designed for high-production runs with minimal maintanence.

May 2013
Haimer Cool Flash

Coolant System Extends Tool Life

By: Modern Machine Shop
Haimer will display its Cool Flash system, developed out of its existing Cool Jet system.

May 2013

Taking the Heat Off Live Tooling

By: Lori Beckman (editor)
As live tooling becomes more popular in many CNC turning centers, the use of tooling with sealed bearing performance is becoming a challenge for shops that produce components in high volumes or with lengthy cycle times.

May 2013

Save Time with Polygon Turning

By: Chris Felix
Polygon turning provides the capability to manufacture both flat surfaces and radii.


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