Safety First: Real CNC Shop Incidents and What They Teach Us In CNC shops, safety isn’t optional—it’s essential. These true stories from real customers show how small lapses in maintenance or communication can lead to near-disasters. We’re sharing them to help prevent similar incidents and keep your team safe. The Importance of Tool Maintenance Tool […]

PCD Tools To achieve an optimal economic result when using PCD polycrystalline diamond tipped tools, it’s most important to consider all of the application details, machining parameters and expectations to insure the tool is suitable for the project intended. Even with a simple compression bit purchase, the performance and anticipated results over the life of […]

Spring Collets for HSK & ISO Tool Holders In the wood industry, the vast majority of collet styles in use are ER32, ER40 and SYOZ25 (also called RDO35). Several other (smaller) sizes are common in specialty applications such as CNC aggregate heads or Weeke BHX Hydro clamping system system, but on the most common CNC […]

There are three key factors that ensure the effectiveness of a cutting tool used in the machining processes.

Drills Carbide-tipped, blind-hole, or through-hole drill bits are among the most indispensable tools in the furniture industry. When used in automatic boring machines or CNC machining centers, hole edge quality and tool life are the decisive quality criteria. Most drill bits used in North America today are Made in Taiwan or China since the introduction […]

Cutting MDF Veneer Covered & Gypsum Fiber Panels When it comes to cutting tools for MDF or Cement Fiber Board, there are numerous options and recommendations. When machining MDF (an engineered wood product) it is imperative to make the correct tool choice if obtaining optimal tool life is desired. Tool wear rate will much depend […]

The Perceived Value of Tools The main difference between a quality saw and a less than perfect saw lies not in the outward appearance but rather in what’s below the surface. And with the ever increasing amount of different saw blades, the choices are aplenty and become more challenging. Top Quality tools offer a high […]

GDP|GUHDO Tooling for Flip-Flops? A customer recently came to us with an unusual tooling need. He wanted Tooling for Flip-Flops to route out of foam on his CNC machine. We decided an O-Flute solid carbide bit would probably do the trick and sure enough, it worked out well for him as you can see in […]

Deep Pocket (Lock Mortise) Bit Our insert deep pocket mortise bit is made of a special high quality steel grade to route deep lock mortise cut-outs without the tool experiencing any tool deflection.  Excellent for door hardware and other deep pocket cut applications. This tool uses two offset chipbreaker insert knives that have a 16mm […]

Looking for ETS Style Collets for Your CMS Machine? ETS Style collets for CMS routers are becoming more difficult to find and are very expensive to buy.  We have BT30 and BT35 tool holders for both machine brands that take standard ER collets….a much lower cost collet to replace. These tool holders come with a […]

Disposable Insert Cutters Continued Among the advantages of insert cutters is also the fact that they are very well-balanced and remain well-balanced throughout their life span. As long as no sharpening is done to the inserts, there are no weight changes, allowing for consistent cuts. This effect yields a cutter that can operate at higher […]

Edgebander Replacement Tooling Finding Edgebander replacement tooling is not always an easy task.  With the large selection of edgebander makes and models in operation, it can be difficult for your tooling supplier to identify exactly what you need. GUHDO has specialized in edgebander replacement tooling for over 28 years and we stocks all popular size replacement […]