Twist drills do not make accurately sized or good finish holes; a reamer of some type is often used to cut the final size and finish. A reamer will not make the original hole; it will only enlarge a ...

Taps and dies are great for cutting new threads or repairing old threads on metals, plastics and other hard materials. Taps cut threads on the inside of holes and dies cut threads on the outside of ...

Each of the eight spindles is assigned two cross-slides that can travel on both the X- and Z- axes. Additionally, each cross-slide can be equipped with a Y-axis. Multi-spindle machine specialist Index ...

The spindle is the heart of the machine. The following are some troubleshooting tips to ensure your machine is running at its optimum performance. The spindle is running backward. This is common with ...

What if I told you that one of the leading spindle failures has nothing to do with the spindle itself or the machine? What if I could prove it’s the tooling, not the spindle? One of today’s leading ...