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March 26, 2010

Crystallume Thunderbolt – Ultra Thin Nano Diamond Tools

Real Crystalline Diamond Coating – The Thickness of PVD!

The new ThunderBolt Ultra Thin Nano Diamond Tools have a real crystalline diamond coating that is the thickness of most PVD coatings. You can now use real diamond where once you thought you could only afford the imitations. The performance of real diamond, along with the edge sharpness of a thin coating, give unheard of performance in the finishing of graphite. It is also the perfect tool for those short run jobs. These tools are available in our most popular series of Extended Shank End Mills.  Call General Cutting Tools, your Crystallume supplier to experience a ThunderBolt tool in your shop today.


U L T R A    T H I N     N A N O    D I A M O N D    T O O L S

Diameter

Fractional

LOC

Reach

OAL

Shank
Diameter

Style

Part Number

0.0625

1/16

1/16

5/16

3

1/16

BN

P47-100001-1

0.0625

1/16

1/16

5/16

3

1/16

SE

P47-100006-1

0.0935

3/32

3/32

11/32

3

3/32

BN

P47-100002-1

0.0935

3/32

3/32

11/32

3

3/32

SE

P47-100007-1

0.1250

1/8

1/8

5/8

3

1/8

BN

P47-100003-1

0.1250

1/8

1/8

5/8

3

1/8

SE

P47-100008-1

0.1250

1/8

1/8

5/8

3

1/8

SE, .015CR

P47-100009-1

0.1250

1/8

1/8

5/8

3

1/8

SE, .031CR

P47-100010-1

0.1875

3/16

3/16

11/16

3

3/16

BN

P47-100004-1

0.1875

3/16

3/16

11/16

3

3/16

SE

P47-100011-1

0.1875

3/16

3/16

11/16

3

3/16

SE, .062CR

P47-100012-1

0.2500

1/4

1/4

3/4

3

1/4

BN

P47-100005-1

0.2500

1/4

1/4

3/4

3

1/4

SE

P47-100013-1

0.2500

1/4

1/4

3/4

3

1/4

SE, .015CR

P47-100014-1

0.2500

1/4

1/4

3/4

3

1/4

SE, .031CR

P47-100015-1

0.2500

1/4

1/4

3/4

3

1/4

SE, .062CR

P47-100016-1

0.0313

1/32

3/32

1-1/2

1/8

SE

P47-100017-1

0.0313

1/32

3/32

1-1/2

1/8

BN

P47-100018-1

0.0625

1/16

1/4

*

1-1/2

1/8

SE

P47-100019-1

0.0625

1/16

1/4

*

1-1/2

1/8

BN

P47-100020-1

0.0935

3/32

3/8

*

1-1/2

1/8

SE

P47-100021-1

0.0935

3/32

3/8

*

1-1/2

1/8

BN

P47-100022-1

0.1250

1/8

1/2

*

1-1/2

1/8

SE

P47-100023-1

0.1250

1/8

1/2

*

1-1/2

1/8

BN

P47-100024-1

0.1875

3/16

5/8

*

2

3/16

SE

P47-100025-1

0.1875

3/16

5/8

*

2

3/16

BN

P47-100026-1

0.2500

1/4

3/4

*

1-1/2

1/8

SE

P47-100027-1

0.2500

1/4

3/4

*

1-1/2

1/8

BN

P47-100028-1

General Cutting Tools is an authorized Crystallume distributor serving Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and the rest of the US.

March 24, 2010

Crystallume Black Widow Diamond Tools

Cutting Tools Chicago aka General Cutting Tools is proud to introduce Crystallume’s Black Widow line of cutting tools for high performance machining of aluminum and other nonferrous material. These specially designed tools have been optimized to be coated with the Black Widow HCC-C-100 coating. HCC-C-100 is a coating containing a mixture of diamond and graphite.  Diamond is the hardest material known to man, while Graphite is much softer. crystallume_logoThese two materials are mixed together on the nanomolecular scale and therefore form a type of nano-phase amorphous material that offers high hardness and very low friction. This decreases built up edge (BUE) and extends tool life 2-3 times that of an uncoated tool.

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B L A C K  W I D O W  H I G H  V E L O C I T Y  C U T T E R S

Diameter

Fractional

LOC

Reach

OAL

Shank
Dia.

Flute
No.

Style

Cutting DIA Tolerance
+0.XXXX/-0.XXXX

Part Number

High Velocity Cutters
0.2500

1/4

3/8

1-1/8

2-1/2

1/4

3

SE-45°Helix

+.0000/-.0010

P61-100001-1

0.2500

1/4

3/8

2-1/8

4

1/4

3

SE-45°Helix

+.0000/-.0010

P61-100002-1

0.3750

3/8

1/2

1-1/8

2-1/2

3/8

3

SE-45°Helix

+.0000/-.0010

P61-100003-1

0.3750

3/8

1/2

2-1/8

4

3/8

3

SE-45°Helix

+.0000/-.0010

P61-100004-1

0.5000

1/2

5/8

1-3/8

3

1/2

3

SE-45°Helix

+.0000/-.0010

P61-100005-1

0.5000

1/2

5/8

3-3/8

6

1/2

3

SE-45°Helix

+.0000/-.0010

P61-100006-1

High Performace End Mills
0.1250

1/8

1/2

1-1/2

1/8

2

SE-45°Helix

+.0000/-.0010

P61-100007-1

0.1875

3/16

5/8

2

3/16

2

SE-45°Helix

+.0000/-.0010

P61-100008-1

0.2500

1/4

1

2-1/2

1/4

2

SE-45°Helix

+.0000/-.0010

P61-100009-1

0.3750

3/8

1

2-1/2

3/8

2

SE-45°Helix

+.0000/-.0010

P61-100010-1

0.5000

1/2

1

3

1/2

2

SE-45°Helix

+.0000/-.0010

P61-100011-1

Automotive Contour Profilers
0.5000

1/2

1/2

6

1/2

4

LollyPop Cutter

+.0000/-.0010

P61-100012-1

Notes: The Shank Tolerance is held to  -.0001/-.0003 and the OAL Tolerance is held to -.000/+.030

G E N E R A L  M A C H I N I N G  G U I D E L I N E S

Workpiece
Material

Application

Cutting
fpm (m/min)Speed

Chip Load
ipt (mm/tooth)

Aluminum Wrought (2024, 6061, 7075)

Roughing

1000 (305)

0.002-0.008 (.050-.200)

Aluminum Wrought (2024, 6061, 7075)

Finishing

3000 (915)

0.002-0.006 (.050-.150)

Aluminum Cast (308, 356, 380)

Roughing

1000 (305)

0.002-0.008 (.050-.200)

Aluminum Cast (308, 356, 380)

Finishing

3000 (915)

0.002-0.006 (.050-.150)

Aluminum Cast (390)

Roughing

500 (150)

0.002-0.008 (.050-.200)

Aluminum Cast (390)

Finishing

1500 (450)

0.002-0.006 (.050-.150)

Copper (OFHC)

Roughing

350 (105)

0.002-0.008 (.050-.200)

Copper (OFHC)

Finishing

600 (180)

0.002-0.006 (.050-.150)

Brass

Roughing

450 (135)

0.002-0.008 (.050-.200)

Brass

Finishing

750 (225)

0.002-0.006 (.050-.150)

General Cutting Tools is an authorized Crystallume Distributor.