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Swarf [Easy Guide with Tips and Techniques]
What is Metal Swarf and Chips? In metalworking, metal swarf is the metallic chips that are leftover when machining the metal to shape. The history of the term “swarf” is interesting. In Middle English geswearf means “iron filings” or...
Thermal Expansion Calculator
What is Thermal Expansion? Whenever an object is heated or cooled, its length changes by an amount proportional to the original length and the change in temperature. Thermal Expansion is important to machinists because they’re trying to manufacture parts within...![Ball Nose End Mill [Easy Guide to Ball Cutters]](https://www.cnccookbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_632b3c2348fca.png)
Ball Nose End Mill [Easy Guide to Ball Cutters]
What are Ball Nose End Mills? A Ball Nose End Mill, also called a “Ball Cutter”, “Ball End Mill”, or a “Ball Nose Mill” is an End Mill whose tip is ground in the shape of a half sphere. Ball End Mills are always center cutting, so...
Tramming a Milling Machine: Tools, Indicators, & Tips
Tram is the squareness of your milling machine head to the table and Tramming is the act of adjusting the mill head to be square. There is tram parallel to the x-axis, and tram parallel to the y-axis (sometimes called “nod”). Depending on your machine, you...![How much does a CNC Machine Cost? [2022 Complete Guide]](https://www.cnccookbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img_630ceeadc8c01.png)