High Value Metalworking and CNC Brands. This. is a set of brands Ive either personally used or seen mentioned. In some cases, they are high end. Brands in bold. face are brands I have dealt with myself. The others were. recommended by various online sources. Components. Alpha Gear Lowno backlash planetary gearboxes for motor drives. Bayside Lowno backlash planetary gearboxes for motor drives. Fafnir Quality bearings. Emco Compact 5 Cnc Manual Mill' title='Emco Compact 5 Cnc Manual Mill' />Naachi Quality bearings. Consumables. American National Carbide High quality inserts for only about. Carbide Depot Has some Russian made carbide inserts that. Ive used these guys and they are great to. Gesswein Makes of fine stones. Kennametal Inserts Outlast the knock offs. Klingspor Sanding discs. Buy CS4. 11 alumina zirconia discs from. Klingspor, or something similar from Norton, Walter, or 3. M. They. last 3 4 times as long sanding metal. Tooling. AB Tools Their Shear Hog indexable endmill is said to make a 1. HP spindle look like its got 1. HP. Albrecht Invented the keyless chuck. Lathemaster sells. Atrax Carbide end mills available from Enco. US made. People. say they work pretty well, and theyre very reasonably priced. Atsco High quality air tools. Balax Nice taps, available from MSC at reasonable prices. Emco Compact 5 Cnc Manual Mill' title='Emco Compact 5 Cnc Manual Mill' />Bison Great lathe and collet chucks. Polish. Distributed. Tool. Mex. A recent. HSM produced an almost unanimous praise for their. Buck Another great lathe chuck maker. Ive got a Buck. 6 jaw that is my favorite chuck. I never seem to use the 3 jaw. Circle High quality boring bars at reasonable prices. Bay anyway. Division of Kennametal. I absolutely love my. Circle boring bars. Spider Man Spa. What DRO to get Trying to pick out a DRO system for my Ajax Milling Machine. All Topics Latest Posts. Andy Im hoping to CNCize one of my 2 Emco Compact8 lathes in the new year, so that should possibly help. Winx Dvd Author Crack'>Winx Dvd Author Crack. CNC, and use same. CNC Schools Schools With CNC Courses Learn CNC in your own area Note CNC Concepts, Inc. Conventional, Electronic and CNC lathes From toolroom applications to models upto 3500mm diameter swing x 12,000mm between centres From 2 axis machines to multiaxis. For Sale Myford ML7R 7 lathe 3. There is no comparison to imports. Cleco High quality air tools. Emco Compact 5 Cnc Manual Mill' title='Emco Compact 5 Cnc Manual Mill' />Cleveland Drills Taps. DAndrea Very high quality boring heads. A more modern variant. Narex. Iscar and others private label these. Maritool. will be private labeling at a great price. De. Vlieg Very high quality European import tooling. Agreed. My round column milldrill RF30 equivalent is working great for any purpose Ive thrown at it. The 4 Z axis travel is annoying, however. Dixi Saito and DIXI are the premier manufacturers of micro cutters. Dotco Very well made air tools. Not cheap Dorian Make very nice tools. They have a particularly nice patented. Dormer Excellent taps and drills. Duramill Make great end mills. Erickson Tenthset are great modern boring heads. Everede Make nice boring bars recommended by the gang on the HSM board. Fullerton Inexpensive but good cutting tools. Purchase from. Discount Tools. Niagaras and Hanitas are better, but more expensive. Garr Carbide Endmills For tough metal. Glanze Indian made carbide insert tooling. I have the. CCMT lathe turning set sold by Grizzly very nice Grobet High quality files. Groz, also called Bayard Indian made vices and tables. Bayard. is sold by Penn Tool. Good drill press vise choice. Buy a Kurt. for your mill though. Guhring Folks on Practical Machinist swear these are the best. Hanita Awesome brand for endmills. Last forever. Harvey Excellent cutters, especially in small sizes. Helios German tools. I have a Helios planar. Interapid Indicators. Lots of pros swear these are the. I have a 0. 0. 00. Iscar Helimill A couple of big steps up from the import. TPG inserts. Supposed to be 1. Very costly though. Keo High quality cutters at reasonable prices on e. Bay. anyway. Single flute deburring tools work very well too. Kant Twist Worlds best clamps. Throw away your C clamps Komet German manufacturer. Kurt Vises Doesnt seem to be any good substitute to. I bought a 4 and a 6 off e. Bay. where they can be had for a little less than half what a new one. L I Reamers. Lovejoy Lovejoy 2. Preferred by some over flycutters. Rake angles. make them good for light duty machine tools. Micro. 10. 0 US made carbide tools. Minicut Another good brand for endmills. Mitee Bite A step up from the basic T slot clamping sets. Highly recommended. Moore Awesome tooling, though Old School. Narex Makers of excellent boring heads. Niagara Their endmills and cutters get rave reviews. Not cheap, but very high quality. A new one will make your mill. Nicholson The best files to be had. Try their lathe. Noga Indicator holders. Deburring tools. The Practical. Machinist crowd swear they make the best indicator holders. Northfield Fantastically precise and repeatable chucks for CNC. OSG Very good Japanese made end mills. PEC Products Engineering Corp Useful measuring tools for less. Starrett. Phase II Good quality Asian imports. I have their 8. horizontalvertical rotary table. Pratt Burnerd A super high quality lathe chuck. Looks like the. next step up after Buck. Precision Manufacturing Very good quality boring heads. Putnam HSS cutters available from Enco. US made. Rapid QCTPs Very well made QCTPs. Record Excellent English made vises. Romicron make great modern boring heads. Royal Makes some nice products. Their Easy. Change. R8 quick change system is one example. I have a Royal live center. Saito Supposed to be some of the best micro cutters as used. Seco Carbide Tooling Especially the parting tools. R2. 20 1. 3 range. BP. and clone. SGS Great US made end mills. Try Carbide Depot for good prices. Simonds High quality files. Sip Very high quality rotary tables. Skoda Eastern European live centers that are well made. Slater Rotary broaching tools. Suburban Nice precision vises for surface grinders among other. Swiss Precision Instruments Despite the name, they are headquartered. California and make all sorts of nice stuff. J L, Mc. Master. MSC all carry their products. Thinbit Great small tooling brand. Theyre owned by Kaiser. TMX Toolmex Indexable tooling. Same guys as sell Bison in. Americas. Tree Made an amazing automatic boring head capable of cutting tapers Rotating slide determines what taper will be cut. Vixen Supposed to make fabulous files for aluminum. Walther High quality tooling, such as rotary tables. Wohlhaupter Boring and facing heads. Yuasa Even better quality than Bison, very good chucks, rotary. I have several Yuasa tools and theyre a cut above even Bison. Machines. Accu. Slide Fabulous CNC conversion for Hardinge lathes. Just clamp it to the ways and it has the X and Z motions built in with ballscrews and linear rails. Turns the Hardinges into gang lathes. Aciera Very fine small mills. Originally Swiss, now owned out. Indonesia. Alliant Makers of Bridgeport clones. The story goes that these. Sharp in Taiwan. Supposedly, Alliant was made. Bridgeport dumped one Christmas back in the. The biggest 8 or 9 dealers got together each submitted. J Bridgeport, had the machines made. My mill has oilite bushings in the VS drive, the. VS pulley by. a ball bearing if youve ever had a VS motor off you know what. I mean, has simple to adjust backlash adjusters on the X Y. American Pacemaker The gang. PM really love these machines, and rate them better than. Monarch, Mori Seiki, or Le. Film Mahabharata Full Episode Sub Indo. Blond. Andrychow Polish lathes that are built like battleships. Parts. are available from www. Brown Sharpe People love the Brown Sharpe surface. Cadillac Great 1. Takisawa. Cincinnati Great stout machines. The VC7. 50 comes. VMC thats available cheaply. Colchester A good alternative to the Monarch lathes. Darex Makers of the oft maligned Drill Doctors as well as the much better made professional tool sharpeners. Dean Smith and Grace Very high quality older manual lathes. Deckel Everyone knows this German brand, which is pricey. What. are the alternatives, clones, and knock offs that are good For. Harbor Freight has a knock off cutter grinder. Dumore The most popular brand of toolpost grinder.