You should put some images in here with certifications like the Better Business Bureau or any awards General Cutting Tools has. May 25, 2010
High Performance Aluminum End Mills from Garr Tool
High performance machining can be in your shop. Cutting Tools Chicago aka General Cutting Tools presenting here a high performance series from Garr Tool designed, engineered and tested specifically for high speed machining of aluminum. This solid submicron grain carbide end mill also contains specific coating engineered to repel aluminum. With these end mills you can machine at high velocity and high metal removal rates for 5,000 to 25,000 RPM spindles. 750-2500 SFM is sure able to remove aluminum material in a hurry. Because of the elevated spindle speeds and high feed rates, properly balanced holders are needed.
Garr Tool series 143 is available in metric and fractional sizes from 4.00mm (.1575 in) to 25.40mm (1.000 in). Square end, ball end, extended reach as well as necked relief are available on the shelf for immediate delivery. Slotting or profiling, these solid carbide end mills are the one to choose for the machining of aluminum.
Contact us at General Cutting Tools to get a sample tool to test in your shop.
(847) 677-8770
info@generalcuttingtools.com
See the difference with Garr Tool. Cadillac quality at a Chevy price.
May 11, 2010
High Performance Aluminum End Mills
High performance machining can be in your shop. Cutting Tools Chicago aka General Cutting Tools presenting here a high performance series from Garr Tool designed, engineered and tested specifically for high speed machining of aluminum. This solid submicron grain carbide end mill also contains specific coating engineered to repel aluminum. With these end mills you can machine at high velocity and high metal removal rates for spindles 10,000 RPM and above. 750-2500 SFM is sure able to remove aluminum material in a hurry. Because of the elevated spindle speeds and high feed rates, properly balanced holders are needed.
Garr Tool series 142 is available in metric and fractional sizes from 4.00mm (.1575 in) to 25.40mm (1.000 in). Square end, ball end, extended reach as well as necked relief are available on the shelf for immediate delivery. Slotting or profiling, these solid carbide end mills are the one to choose for the machining of aluminum.
Contact us at General Cutting Tools to get a sample tool to test in your shop.
(847) 677-8770
info@generalcuttingtools.com
See the difference with Garr Tool. Cadillac quality at a Chevy price.
May 10, 2010
Garr Tool High Perfomance Coolant Drill 1580KD
1580KD Balinit HELICA Coated coolant through drill
Cutting Tools Chicago also know as General Cutting Tools present another brand new series from Garr Tool. 1580KD is a high performance solid submicron grain carbide coolant through drill with reinforced shank. With this drill, you will be able to run up to 50% faster than standard carbide drills. These drills feature a 140° point angle, 30° helix for better chip evacuation, coolant through holes and 3xD drilling depth. Also, the honed cutting edge will give you long drilling life. These drills are recommended to run in high nickel, high temperature alloys, cobalt-based alloys, stainless steels and tool steels. 
Balinit HELICA is a multi-layer AlCr-based coating designed exclusively for high performance drilling. Live tooling is recommended for use in lathe processes.
Garr Tool 1580KD is available in metric sizes only from 4.00mm (.1575 in) to 20.00mm (.7874 in).
Contact us at General Cutting Tools to get a sample tool to test in your shop.
See the difference with Garr Tool.
Cadillac quality at a Chevy price.
General Cutting Tools is an authorized distributor of Garr Tool.
May 6, 2010
NEW Garr Tool 1580HD HP Drill Series
Cutting Tools Chicago also known as General Cutting Tools present a new series from Garr Tool. 1580HD is a high performance solid submicron grain carbide drill with a reinforced shank and Balinit HELICA coating. Balinit HELICA is a multi-layer AlCr-based coating designed exclusively for high performance drilling. This coating along with a 140° point angle and 30° helix angle for better chip evacuation, allows you to run up to 50% faster than standard carbide drills. Live tooling is recommended for use in lathe processes.
Garr Tool 1580HD is available in metric sizes only from 3.00mm (.1181 in) to 20.00mm (.7874 in).
Contact us at General Cutting Tools to get a sample tool to test in your shop. See the difference with Garr Tool. Cadillac quality at a Chevy price.
May 5, 2010
Garr Tool 1580H High Performance Drill
Cutting Tools Chicago aka General Cutting Tools present high performance and high penetration drilling using solid carbide cutting tools from Garr Tool. In today’s post, we will be discussing Garr Tool’s series 1580H 2 flute high performance solid carbide drill. Make no doubt about it. This is a high performance, high penetration solid submicron grain carbide drill. Garr Tool has designed and engineered a drill that will bring your shop extended tool life and greater surface finish through faster SFM rates. Switching out to these drills can give you up to 50% faster than standard carbide drills. High nickel, high temperature alloys, cobalt-based alloys, stainless steels and tool steels are some of the materials this drill will cut through like butter.
Metric, fractional, wire and letter sizes available from 3.00mm (.1181 in) to 16mm (.6299).
Contact us at General Cutting Tools to get a sample tool to test in your shop. See the difference with Garr Tool. Cadillac quality at a Chevy price.
May 4, 2010
Garr Tool 3 Flute Solid Carbide Drills Series 1180
Cutting Tools Chicago aka General Cutting Tools present high performance drilling using solid carbide cutting tools from Garr Tool. Today, we will be talking about Garr Tool’s series 1180 3 flute solid carbide drill. This high performance drill is designed for drilling aluminum, drilling titanium, drilling brass, drilling bronze, drilling copper, drilling magnesium, and drilling composite materials. The drill tip has a 140° point angle with a self-centering tip. So, no spot drilling is required.
Garr Tool has designed a unique point geometry and coating to give you higher speeds and feeds rates, lowering your cycle times. In addition, the ALUMASTAR coating delivers up to five times longer tool life than Zirconium Nitride (Zrn) coated drills.
This drill has the high performance drill point, 30° helix and 5xD drilling depth to work for your application where high performance, high speed drilling is needed.
Metric, fractional, wire and letter sizes available from 4.00mm (.1575 in) to 16mm (.6299).
Contact us at General Cutting Tools to get a sample tool to test in your shop. See the difference with Garr Tool. Cadillac quality at a Chevy price.
February 8, 2010
Machining of Carbon Fiber & Glass-Filled Composites
Solid micrograin carbide tested for milling of carbon fiber and glass-filled composites by Garr Tool available from Cutting Tools aka General Cutting Tools in Chicago Illinois.
There are many challenges to machining composite materials. Keeping the material from delaminating is key for success. Our tools have higher rake angles and combinations of left hand and/or right hand spirals to help eliminate ‘fraying’ of the laminate.
Please specify what type of end cut your job requires (i.e. – no end cut, burr type, end mill type, or drill point)
Having a quality dust collection system helps prolong tool life and quality of parts
‘Clamping’ of part to table can cause stress fractures in material
Please specify what coating, if any, your job requires:
- Polycrystalline Diamond (increases tool life up to 20x of an uncoated carbide mill)
- Amorphous Diamond / DLC (increases tool life up to 10x of an uncoated carbide mill)
- Alcrona Coated (increases tool life up to 5x of an uncoated carbide mill)
- TiCN Coated (increases tool life up to 3x of an uncoated carbide mill)
Series 700 Fiberglass Router – for cutting glass-filled epoxies
Series 701 Kevlar Router – gives a clean edge when trimming Aramid Fibers (Kevlar)
Series 702 Carbon Fiber Router – for trim milling of single layer panels
Series 703 Carbon Fiber Router – for rough cutting of stacked panels with or without honeycomb cores
Solid micrograin carbide tested for drilling of carbon fiber and glass-filled composites
Having a quality dust collection system helps prolong tool life and quality of parts
Clamping’ of part to table can cause stress fractures in material
Series 740 – Dagger
- For enlarging existing holes in skin panels, but can drill from solid
- For near reamer finishes in carbon and glass fiber materials
- Coatings of choice for this series are polycrystalline diamond and amorphous diamond
Series 780 – 8 Facet Point (Non-Coolant Fed)
- Double angle drill point geometry reduces cutting forces to eliminate exit burrs
- Works well in carbon fiber especially when the honeycomb core is either titanium or aluminum
- Works in glass-filled epoxy, harder plastics, softer steels, CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic), and aluminum
- Can be coated with a variety of coatings depending on your application
Series 780K – 8 Facet Point (Coolant Fed)
- Double angle drill point geometry reduces cutting forces to eliminate exit burrs
- Works in glass-filled epoxy, harder plastics, softer steels, CFRP, and aluminum when running through-the-spindle coolant
- Coolant fed tooling is not for use in carbon fiber as it may delaminate the material
- Coatings of choice for this drill are either Helica or Alumastar
Series 790 – Modified Brad Point
- Designed for drilling CFRP
- Excellent entry and exit hole quality
- Designed to prevent delamination
- Good for drilling panels and paper honeycomb core
- Coatings of choice for this drill are polycrystalline diamond, amorphous diamond, or helica for extra tool life
Contact us for a quotation on these new performance tools from Garr Tool. We ship to Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and the rest of the US.