by Bernard Martin

At the 2017 Performance Racing Industry show held in Indianapolis,IN we where very excited to tool up the new Centroid A590 Engine Shop CNC Machine. Our end mills where also used in the Palmgren booth on a manual milling machine and we met some great customers and exhibitors at the show who told us about their experiences using Destiny end mills.  Theres a complete video below of many of the highlights from the show.

Video Highlights:

• ​Check out our interview with Mike Stevens from Centroid talking about the new A590 using a 5/8" diameter Destiny Tool Diamond Back at 11,000 RPM, 240 IPM, .060" radial, and .500" axial.
• Jeremy Harshman, at 17 year old high school senior updated us on what he's been doing since we met him last year at PRI when his father bought him his first CNC Mill. He shows us an intake elbow for a Terminator Mustang all made with Destiny End mills. You can following him on instagram @motivperformanceengineering
  
• Rob Stock was kind enough to send us some of his parts made with Destiny End Mills for display inner booth. You can check him out on instagram @stock_design
  
• Dean visited us lat year at PRI and was just getting his new Haas VF5 CNC milling machine. He updates us on what he's been up to in the past 12 months since we last met and they finishes he getting with our end mills.
• There a close up up hyperlaspse in the video of the Destiny Raptor 3/6 end mills for those who have been asking for that 360 degree view.
• Alec Darling from J Squared swung by our booth. J Squared had their own booth just down the aisle from us. Alec overheard some of our conversation and made some great comments that we just had to get him on video saying. J Squared started 35 years ago and made quite a name for themselves by manufacturing high-quality, affordable tubing benders and notchers  and now plasma cutting tables. You can follow them on instagram @jsquaredinc
• The Pitt SAE Race team who we sponsor was kind enough to assist us in the booth for set up and break down. You can follow Panther Racing @PittFSAE

We visited with Angelo Juras and CJ Abraham at Autodesk on Pier 9 in San Francisco in late January.  Angelo had talked to us at the PRI Show about paying him a visit because he really wanted to run some of our end mills after following us for quite a while on instagram. 

Angelo and CJ work on the advanced development of Autodesk HSM with a current focus on adaptive clearing. Take a look at our video below and check back often as we'll continue to update this post with some test results! 

Oh!, And don't forget to give Angelo a follow on IG @the_true_croatian_sensation, CJ @cj.abraham and, of course, @autodesk ...so you can follow the progress of them pushing the limits of our end mills.

HSM is The Fully Integrated CAM Solution from Autodesk. CNC Programming right within Inventor, SOLIDWORKS and Fusion 360.

We just got an updates on the testing progress... take a look see! 

The second half of the 2017 video highlights from Instagram and Facebook.

Good concentricity with the heat shrink tool. Speeds and Feeds appear reasonable.  But keep in mind that everything from speeds, feeds, the workholding, and yes, even turning on the coolant can have a big impact on your tool life! 

Stay Cool!

A former music teacher, Andrew started Henry Holsters in Indiana in 2008, Henry Holsters are thermoformed plastic holsters that combine careful design work with robust materials and painstaking attention to detail.

They make their holster out of Boltaron 4332 sheet material for all their holsters, as they prefer the workability and feel of Boltaron over Kydex.

Most importantly, they use Destiny Tool end mills to make their top-of-the-line holsters!  Andrew started following us with his instagram account a few years ago and we've been following his progress right back. 

Their shop uses state of the art Brother CNC milling machines and vacuum forming machines to produce holster shells which are then hand finished and assembled.

​We visited Andrew at his shop earlier this month and got to spend some time with this fully self taught machinist and manufacturing innovator. Give Andrew a follow on instagram! He posts some rather nice instructive videos there: @henryholsters

Carbide end mills are a form of powdered metal.  In simple terms, Carbide rod is created by mixing Tungsten Carbide powder (WC) with a binder, Cobalt (Co). It is extruded into a carbide rod and then, under heat and pressure, sintered into end mill rod stock.  By increasing the cobalt content, you will increase the TRS value and "toughness" of the tool. e.g. it will 'bend" more, but it will also dramatically reduce the wear resistance of the carbide. Cobalt is just not as wear resistant as carbide.  That's why cobalt end mills wear out quicker than carbide end mills.

The TRS reaches a maximum at cobalt content of about 15% (by weight) and a medium to coarse Tungsten Carbide WC grain size. Typically, the cobalt content of an end mill ranges between 8-12% (by weight) of the carbide in most end mills.  

It's important to know that the cobalt content of a carbide end mill is measure by weight and NOT volume.  

Think about mixing up a cake.  You pour your milk into a measuring cup based upon the VOLUME of milk you need.  In contrast, when mixing carbide rod, you MEASURE THE WEIGHT of the carbide and the WEIGHT of the cobalt on scale for the proper mix. 

Carbide weighs A LOT more than Cobalt!  To see this for yourself hold a cobalt end mill in one hand and a carbide end mill in the other.  Because Cobalt weighs much less than Carbide it takes up MORE VOLUME: It's a bigger pile as you increase the percentage of cobalt.

It bears repeating, Carbide substrate is measured by weight.

If you where to measure the VOLUME of the cobalt in a 12% Cobalt  (by weight) carbide end mill, that volume may be as high as 24-28% (depending on the grain size of the carbide). That's the reason for the reduced wear resistance of the higher cobalt content but also the reason that those end mills have a higher TRS value and greater "toughness"

For a much more detailed breakdown of carbide substrates and how carbide is made please take a look at our technical section at this link: CARBIDE SUBSTRATE.

Area 419 has been posting some great images and application information on their facebook page on how they are using our Destiny End mills.  Here's some really excellent footage of the Raptor DVH in action! 

Ripping on some 4140 today for a new rigid chamber reamer block. If you haven't tried Destiny Tool Raptor DVH end mills yet, you are missing out! I had to crank my feed up to 170% to get it where it wanted to be. 0.3" depth, 0.1" width, 80ipm or so.

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AREA 419 offers complete custom rifle builds, innovative products, sales of various brands of products, and unmatched service at every turn. Employing a blend of state of the art CNC machines and good old fashioned precision hand work, we are proud to boast precision and attention to detail like few other custom rifle shops in the world.

Check out the video and be sure to give @matsuurausa a follow on Instagram!

This article originally appeared in CNC West, June-July 2016 issue,
"Driven to Perform: Odenthal Manufacturing" written by Sean Burr

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho is not really on anyone’s radar as being a hotbed of manufacturing, but it should be. This lakeside resort community is a jewel in the Idaho panhandle with skiing and boating the main attractions. In a city of 60,000 people Forbes lists it inside their top twenty plac- es for small business and careers. It’s also where David Oden- thal grew up, started racing, and built his machining business.

Odenthal Manufacturing came about through David’s love of racing go karts and his dad’s automotive machining back- ground. “Growing up my brother and I raced karts,” explains David. “Dad had an automotive machining business in the local area and spent every penny he made putting my brother and I through racing. He wasn’t married so it was what we did together. We traveled all over the country on what was considered to be a small racing budget.”

​After graduating high school in 1986 David attended Northern Idaho College’s two year vocational machine tech program. After graduating in 1988 he got a job with MSM Design making various types of film equipment including IMAX cameras. That is where he got his first shot at designing. “Marty Mueller was my mentor and gave me a shot at designing a brand new film magazine” said David. He had a skill and love for both racing and making things, so in 1992 Keith Odenthal sold his automotive machine shop, teamed up with David, and Odenthal Manufacturing was born. Their first product was the Odenthal Racing Products engine mount for go karts.