milling machines
Rotary cutting tools
Milling machines are power tools that use rotating cutters to remove material from a workpiece, shaping metal, wood, or other materials with precision.
Unlike drills that cut only vertically, milling machines can cut along multiple axes, allowing for complex shapes, slots, and surfaces.
They range from small tabletop units for hobbyists to massive industrial machines controlled by computers.
The operator or program guides the workpiece against the spinning cutter to achieve the desired form.
Rotating rod for thread
- arborGarden trellis structure
- colletTool-clamping metal cylinder
- chuckThrow carelessly or informally
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
saddle · knee · column · overarm · quill · leadscrew · handwheel · ways
Directed toward something
- boringFailing to engage interest
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- tappingRepeated light striking
- threadingPassing strand through opening
slotting · pocketing · profiling · contouring · plunging · ramping · roughing · finishing
Mounted clamping tool
Machine tool instructions
- controllerDevice directing a system
- servoSelf-regulating motor
- stepperMoves in discrete intervals
- postprocessorProgram that modifies output
Willingness to accept difference
- micrometerMillionth of a meter
- gaugeStandard of measurement
- datumSingle unit of information
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
runout · backlash · repeatability · measuring · calibration · probe · parallels
spindle
Rotating rod for thread
table · saddle · knee · column · overarm · quill · leadscrew · handwheel · ways · gibs
Bridgeport
Connecticut coastal city
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
facing
Directed toward something
threading · slotting · pocketing · profiling · contouring · plunging · ramping · roughing · finishing · chamfering
vise
Mounted clamping tool
G-code
Machine tool instructions
- controllerDevice directing a system
- servoSelf-regulating motor
- stepperMoves in discrete intervals
postprocessor · toolpath · rapid · dwell · probing
tolerance
Willingness to accept difference
- micrometerMillionth of a meter
- gaugeStandard of measurement
- datumSingle unit of information
alignment · runout · backlash · repeatability · measuring · calibration · probe · parallels
carbide
Carbon-bonded metal compound
- machineryengine, motors, engines, motor, machines
- specialized equipmentmedical devices, lab equipment, surgical tools, scalpels, MRI machines
- capital equipmentheavy equipment, factories, generators, turbines, compressors
- flour millingflour, grinding, millstones, flour mills, wheat flour
- heavy equipmentexcavator, excavators, bulldozers, loader, backhoe
- makerspaces3D printer, 3D printers, laser cutter, laser cutters, CNC machines
milling machineslathes
Rotating shaping tools
boring machines · drill presses · grinders · planers · shapers
machine, mill, machinery, miller, milling, milled, millstone, millwright, millwork