Cutting threads is an important element of machining. Even if you aren’t into making your own, custom-sized threads, it still helps to know how to create them. We’ve seen customers get pretty creative with their machines and cutting methods, but with a Tormach mill, there are three main ways to cut threads.

BadgerWorks, our prototyping shop, has been buzzing with activity. Earlier this week we showed off a tool that one of our machinists had been working on – a face knurling tool.

Students have a lot of questions that come up during our monthly CNC Workshop. Recently, a student asked Jason Pulvermacher, a machinist here at Tormach, how to mill a flat knurling pattern, like those found on the pocketknife grips.