Out with the old, in with the new! 21st Century Tooling Technology retires carbide-tipped cutters from production settings and replaces them with Insert Tools! Carbide-tipped cutters versus insert tooling are like night and day! We’ve come a long way in the arena of cutting tool design…but it is always surprising to see unbalanced, outdated and […]

Is Your CNC Machine Burning Material or Bits? Have you ever experienced smoke or even worse burning during the routing process and wondered why this is happening? While friction is the cause of the problem, the root cause can be harder to identify. Feed rates, rotation speed, halts in momentum and a variety of other factors […]

The Drill on Drill Bits! While metric dimension drill bits all look quite similar to the untrained eye, there are differences in style, design and material quality that have a clear impact on tool performance, cost and your bottom line. About 20 years ago, carbide-tipped drill bits, previously manufactured for the most part in Germany […]

The Continuing Evolution of Diamond (PCD) Cutting Tools As published in Q2 2014 issue of “Surface and Panel” magazine: The Continuing Evolution of Diamond (PCD) Cutting Tools: In the summer of 1982, when the International Woodworking Fair (IWF) made its debut show in Atlanta, GA, the first polycrystalline diamond tools for wood/composite material were introduced […]

The Importance of Ball Bearing Collet Nuts on HSK/ISO Tool Holders The importance of a ball bearing in the collet nut cannot be understated.  Apart from the fact that it allows the user to run both CW and CCW tools in the same tool holder, it is the solution to eliminating tool slippage problems during […]

Up vs Down Shear Router Bits Ever wondered what the difference is between up and down shear router bits? To the untrained eye, telling the difference between these bits can be difficult if you see them sitting side by side; however, once you see them rotating, the difference becomes clear. The major differences between up […]

Keys to Cost Savings while Machining Solid Surface Material At GDP|GUHDO we strive to help our customers optimize cutting tool performance and cost – we recently contributed this article to the ISFA (International Surface Fabricators Association)  for the Q4 2014 issue of Countertop & Architectural Surfaces Magazine . Keys to Cost Savings while Machining Solid Surface Material While the […]

Cost Comparison – Inserts vs. Solid Carbide Bits We’ve had some interest around how the costs break down in our last post,  “Increase Productivity with Insert Compression Router Tooling”.  Here is an example using the same 6243 series (PN#6243.029.34 with insert#6243.295.00) two flute compression style insert router bit for comparison against a solid carbide two flute compression spiral (PN#6229.750.20M) to see how […]

The Right Tooling for High Output Stair and Hand Rail Production Modern stair and hand rail production is an evolving process. Production methods of standard, straight stairways have their challenges but typically pose no production difficulties when using the right tooling. When producing specialized curved or winding staircases, more advanced machinery and tooling is required. With […]

Core Box Insert Router Bit – Round Grooves Made Easy Core box/ball nose bits are used for cutting round nosed grooves in fluting, reeding and veining in architectural millwork and column production, where a round bottom groove is needed. Our 4096 series insert router bit is designed to produce clean round nose profiles for core box […]

Two-Flute Compression Router Bit with Reversible Inserts – 6243 Series With our 6243 Series Two-Flute Compression Style Router Bit you get the versatility of a solid carbide compression bit with the benefits that come with insert tooling!   The 6243 Series Router Bit is a two-flute compression tool with replaceable insert tips designed to create a chip […]

Cutting Rebates, Shallow Grooves or Hinge Pockets? Save Money with this Insert Router Bit Does your CNC machining process call for cutting rebates or hinge pockets? Our 6219 Series Insert Router Bit is designed to provide the benefits of carbide with the cost savings of insert tooling.  This 1+1 flute tool offers a dedicated down shear […]