Processes
Processes — Wiki
Milling, turning and holemaking under real conditions — feeds, speeds, chip control, and fixing what goes wrong in the cut.
19 entries in this group.
- BoringBoring enlarges an existing hole with a single-point tool on a fixed path, so it can correct position and straightness — not just size — that drilling cannot.Sep 7, 2026
- BroachingBroaching cuts a keyway, spline or shaped profile in one stroke: a toothed broach, pushed or pulled through the work, cuts the whole form complete.Sep 7, 2026
- Chamfering, Deburring & Edge TreatmentChamfering cuts a dimensioned bevel on a corner, deburring removes the burrs machining leaves, and edge breaks round the rest — the taming of sharp edges.Sep 7, 2026
- Countersinking & CounterboringCountersinking cuts a conical seat and counterboring a flat-bottom recess at the top of a hole so a fastener head sits flush; how and when each is used.Sep 7, 2026
- Drilling & HolemakingDrilling makes holes with a rotating end-cutting drill; the whole holemaking family — and the chip, feed and hole-quality logic that governs it.Sep 7, 2026
- Face vs Peripheral MillingFace milling sweeps a flat surface with the cutter's end; peripheral milling cuts slots, shoulders and profiles with its side - the two methods compared.Sep 7, 2026
- FacingFacing cuts the end of a rotating workpiece square and flat, feeding a single-point tool across the face to make a true datum end.Sep 7, 2026
- Surface Grinding, Cylindrical Grinding & Centreless GrindingSurface grinding flattens faces, cylindrical grinding finishes round diameters and centreless grinding handles high-volume round work without centres.Sep 7, 2026
- Grooving & PartingGrooving plunges a narrow tool into rotating work to cut a channel or recess; parting drives the same tool deep to sever the finished part free.Sep 7, 2026
- Milling ProcessMilling process: machining with a rotating multi-tooth cutter fed against the work; how the interrupted cut works, its two families and its cutting parameters.Sep 7, 2026
- ReamingReaming is the finishing operation that sizes and smooths a drilled hole with a multi-edge reamer; it refines size and finish but cannot move the hole.Sep 7, 2026
- Single-Point Thread TurningSingle-point thread turning cuts a screw thread on the lathe: a form tool makes pass after pass until the thread is cut to full depth.Sep 7, 2026
- Sinker EDMSinker EDM burns a cavity into conductive metal with sparks from a shaped electrode: how mould and die cavities are made in hardened steel.Sep 7, 2026
- Slotting, Pocketing & ProfilingSlotting, pocketing and profiling are the end-mill operations that machine the features of a part's face: slots, cavities and cut outlines.Sep 7, 2026
- Spot Drilling & Centre DrillingSpot drilling cuts a shallow true start so a twist drill stays on location; centre drilling makes the 60-degree seat that a lathe centre needs.Sep 7, 2026
- TappingTapping cuts an internal thread with a tap that must advance one pitch per revolution; hole size, chip direction and rigid tapping decide whether it works.Sep 7, 2026
- Thread Milling vs TappingThread milling vs tapping: taps cut small holes fast, while thread mills make large, hard or special threads with one tool on the machining centre.Sep 7, 2026
- Turning ProcessTurning process: the machining operation in which a single-point tool shapes a rotating cylindrical workpiece; how the cut works, its operations and parameters.Sep 7, 2026
- Wire EDM CuttingWire EDM cutting severs a profile through conductive metal with a thin charged wire: precision punches, dies and hardened shapes cut by sparks.Sep 7, 2026