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

Jon Addis is the owner of Area 419 Firearms near Toledo, OH.  John has been sharing and posting his videos of Destiny end mills on Facebook Page and more recently on his YouTube channel. The video below is his most recent video using a 5/8" Viper end mill in 6061-T6 Aluminum. The video below is HSM adaptive roughing with a Destiny Viper DVH 5/8 x 2" LOC. 0.250" step over, 0.500" DOC, 6,000 RPM, 90IPM.  According to John

​Take a look and then feel free to jump over to his Facebook or Youtube channel and ask him for more details.  

Destiny Tool Customer Profile: John Addis
John graduated from the University of Toledo with a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology.  He also attended Wyotech, and received a certification in Automotive Technology and Chassis Fabrication.  Along with that he's taken TIG welding classes at Owens Community college, and "perfected that art at home with my own machine."

According to John, "I have been building and modifying things pretty much my entire life.  The past five or so years though has been dedicated mainly to Precision Rifles.  I love working on guns, and my work shows it, this is more than just a job for me its also a hobby."

Area 419 is a relatively small operation right now running out of a 1500 sq.ft shop. It's just the kind of aggressive entrepreneur that we here at Destiny Tool really admire.  Some of our very best customers are small shops.  They're the ones who watch their dollars and take a deep dive analysis into cycle times and efficiency. They do their research and they optimize their tools. 

Small machine shops make up over 80% of the metalcutting machining industry.  They are some of the most innovative people we meet. They think out of the box. They always preface a conversation about speeds & feeds with "I'm just a small shop, I don't want to take up a lot of your time" but they almost always have done their research and are the people with their sleeves rolled up, mopping the floor up from coolant, talking to a customer on the phone and watching our end mills rough out material.  We love small shops! 

Small Shops are what makes us strong. Small shops are what makes us innovate. If you get a be sure to check out John's website and what he does. Support a small machine shop near you!

TACTICAL G-CODE  is a great YouTube resource channel with 17,403 subscribers  and over  1,521,000 views.  If you haven't checked it out their channel you go on over and subscribe!

According to their YouTube profile, TACTICAL G-CODE
"With my channel I want to show how I make my custom rounds and my testing with them. When asked, why I do make these rounds, my answers are WHY NOT, OR BECAUSE I CAN. In addition to the stuff I make. I want to bring the firearms and other related items, that are off the beaten path guns, ammo, and products/company that you may have never heard of before. And the stuff you have heard of you won't find alot of videos about it on other youtube channels."

The below video was uploaded on  November 24, 2010 to demosntrate Truemill software.
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​According to Tactical G-Code: "More testing with a Haas SMM and Viper endmill. This time we concentrated on a pocket workpiece instead of a contoured outside.  LIke many of our other videos, the spindle load was set to 101%, but it never reached that point. The truemill cycle reached a max of 91% toward the end when it got really fast."

End Mill:  
Destiny Tool Viper 3 Flute, 0.500" dia, 1.00" flute length, stealth coated (V33216S)

• 0.950" Depth of Cut
• Radial depth of cut 0.040"
• Surfcam Truemill programmed at 400-IPM max for the pocket cycle. The actual feedrates are automatically ramped up depending on the tool's angle of engagement.

Ashtray....or miniature hottub?

Here's a video from Calvin Witt, one of our customers....