Tooling
Here is a look at my CNC Tooling Cart. I call it my crash cart and it holds everything I need for my CNC Milling Machine. End Mills, Ballnose Mills, Zero Finders, etc. are all housed inside and move where ever I want them to.
Different types of Tooling
I alluded to the different types of machining in the previous section. There are different machining processes that are generally defined by what the machine does.
Here are a few examples:
Drilling - Drill presses, mills, hand drills, etc.
Tooling - Drill bit
Routing - Wood router, table router, edge router, etc
Tooling - Router bits
Milling - Mill, Bridgeport, 4- axis mill, 5-axis mill, vertical mill, horizontal mill, etc.
Tooling - End mills, ball mills, ballnose mills, fly cutters, etc
Plasma cutting - Plasma cutter
Tooling - Plasma torch
Cutting - Chop saw, hand saw, band saw, cold saw
Tooling - Circular blades, band type blades
Grinding - Surface grinder, grinder, Timesaver, belt grinder
Tooling - Grinding belts, grinding wheels
Turning - Metal lathe, wood lathe, mini lathe, bench top lathe, etc.
Tooling - Turning tools, parting tools, boring tools, drill bits
You can go on forever with different types of machining and machines. There are many different types of unique machines. Anywhere you can save time or money by using a machine, people have found out how to do it. Even if that means they need to rig it up themselves.
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