FEEDS AND SPEEDS

Happy 10th Birthday, G-Wizard! [ Anniversary Sale Launched ]

by Bob Warfield | Oct 21, 2020 | Blog, CNC Products, Cool, Feeds and Speeds, Machining Techniques, NewFeatures, Quoting and Estimating, Software

Time has flown and I realized earlier this month we’re celebrating our 10th anniversary.  That’s right, we shipped G-Wizard Calculator, version 1.000, in October 2010.  It’s officially 10 years old. And what an amazing run it has had.  We’ve...

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Annular Cutters: Complete 2020 Guide [ +Rotabroach ]

by Bob Warfield | Oct 11, 2020 | Blog, CNC Products, Feeds and Speeds, Machining Techniques

What is an Annular Cutter? An annular cutter (also called a Rotabroach, core drill, core cutter, broach cutter, trepanning drill, hole saw, or cup-type cutter) is a special type of cutter for making holes.  It is similar to a hole saw for cutting metal.  What’s...

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G-Wizard Super Easy Beta Test

by Bob Warfield | Oct 3, 2020 | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Products, Feeds and Speeds, NewFeatures, Software

Each year I try to take some time during the year to make G-Wizard easier to use.  This is typically when the biggest User Interface changes are made, and so I like to provide them initially as a Beta Test and get feedback before folding the changes into the...

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What is SFM? [ Surprisingly simple to convert SFM to RPM ]

by Bob Warfield | Aug 17, 2020 | Blog, Feeds and Speeds, Machining Techniques, Manual Machining

What is SFM? [ Surprisingly simple to convert SFM to RPM ] What is SFM?  How can we convert SFM to RPM? You don’t have to be fooling around with machining or CNC long to come across the abbreviation “SFM” and not long after you’ll see...

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CNC Coolant Easy Guide [ Mist, High Pressure, Through Spindle, Flood ]

by Bob Warfield | Aug 9, 2020 | Blog, Feeds and Speeds, Machining Techniques, Software

Let’s get off Feeds and Speeds for a minute and talk about CNC Coolant. It’s a pity that cnc coolant is called “coolant”. The truth is, cooling is the least important role cnc coolant. Note:  This is Lesson 10 of our Free Email Feeds & Speeds Master Class. ...

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High Speed Machining (HSM) [ Definitive Guide+Speeds and Feeds ]

by Bob Warfield | Jul 12, 2020 | Blog, Feeds and Speeds, Machining Techniques

  High Speed Machining (HSM) [ Definitive Guide+Speeds and Feeds ] Note:  High Speed Machining is Lesson 11 of our Free Email Feeds & Speeds Master Class.  Click here to learn more about the Master Class. Datron’s M8 Cube uses a high speed spindle and...

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