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March 7, 2011

NEW THINBIT GROOVE ‘N TURN 30/60 TOOLHOLDERS

THINBIT, manufactured by Kaiser Tool Company, announces an expansion to its selection of GROOVE ‘N TURN toolholders. The new holders are available in 3/4″ and 1″ square and is used for making undercuts and thread reliefs at a 30/60 angle.

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Toolholders can be used on conventional, Swiss and CNC machines for grooving inserts in sizes from .004″ to .150″. Inserts are available in three grades of material: D2 for steels, D5 for non-ferrous and HSS. TiN, TiCN, TiAlN are available. Full selection of radius and special configurations are available.

General Cutting Tools is an authorized distributor of Kaiser Thinbit tools.  For more information regarding the entire THINBIT product line, please contact us at (847) 677-8770 or email info@generalcuttingtools.com.

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March 27, 2010

Kaiser Thinbit Dovetail Grooving Inserts

Thinbit, manufactured by Kaiser Tool Company, has expanded its Groove ‘N Turn line to include dovetail grooving inserts. Dovetail grooving inserts are used to machine O-ring dovetail grooves with 66-degree undercut angles. The insert design is optimized for strength by utilizing a left/OD and right/ID insert pair to generate the groove form. thinbit_logoInsert sizes are 0.030″, 0.070″, 0.090″, 0.100″, 0.125″ and 0.150″, with major diameters starting at 0.300″. The inserts are available in sub-micron grain carbide grades for ferrous and nonferrous materials either uncoated or with TiN, TiCN, TiAIN or diamond film coatings. The dovetail inserts can be used on conventional, Swiss and CNC machines.thinbit_insert2
Toolholders are available in square shank size ranging from 0.3125″ to 1.25″ and round shank sizes ranging from 0.5″ to 1″ with straight and 90-degree presentations. The dovetail inserts fit existing “L” series toolholders.

General Cutting Tools is an authorized ThinBit distributor.  We serve Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and ship to the entire US.

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