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Posted on April 1, 2006 by Alphonso Sirtle.. | Posted under Shopping and Product Reviews
Cutting Tool Reconditioning
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When getting your cutting tool reconditioning done, make sure to have these four points covered. Your contractor doing the reconditioning should make sure to identify the drill point geometry and coating (if there is one) before doing any of the other work involved. This will allow him to set up his machinery properly to give you back a reconditioned as new cutting tool. In some cases, the tool as originally purchased may have been as close to ideal as you were able to find it. During the inspection process, you can discuss this with your reconditioning contractor and if he is good at his job, he should be able to adjust the drill point geometries to better suit your needs. The next step in the cutting tool reconditioning is to regrind new surface on the cutting areas. This step is very important to making the tool like new again or if needed, more suited to your needs than the original. This step is better done today by computer numerically controlled grinding machines then the old style of controlling it by hand. Computer numerically controlled grinders can be more precise than hand eye coordination is. This is how your cutting tool can come back like new again. The next step in cutting tool reconditioning is to chamfer or round the edges just enough to prevent splitting and chipping when you use the cutting tool. If the edge is too sharp. The first time you use them, they may split or chip, thus ruining the cutting tool for further use. It has to be sharp enough to do the work required, but not sharp enough to become brittle. This is very important in the cutting tool reconditioning to make it like a new tool again. The last steps to take are the quality inspection and recoating if needed. Quality inspection should not be done with the naked eye. At the minimum, a microscope should be used to examine the cutting surfaces and locate any imperfections. Good cutting tool reconditioning requires this inspection so any defects can be corrected before the recoating process. After the quality inspection, the last step is to reapply any coating that is needed to make the cutting tool operate at maximum efficiency. When this step of the cutting tool reconditioning is finished, you will have a like new cutting tool once again. About The Author: Alphonso has been working in the home remodeling industry for last 5 years. Take advantage of his experience and written material on power tools at his website at http://www.improve-home.com |
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