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A ball end mill is a CNC cutting tool with a hemispherical (ball-shaped) cutting end. This allows it to machine complex 3D contours and surfaces, as well as perform profiling, slotting with a radius, pocketing with radiused corners, engraving, and creating fillets. Key advantages include its ability to create intricate shapes and a smooth surface finish. They come in various materials, coatings, flute counts, and sizes to suit different machining needs.

Combination drills and countersinks are short, double-ended drills used to produce a shallow conical or center hole, typically on the end of workpiece to be held between centers before turning in a lathe or cylindrical grinding.

A corner radius end mill is a milling tool with rounded corners on its cutting edges. This radius strengthens the tool, leading to longer tool life, improved surface finish, and the ability to create fillets (rounded internal corners) and round external edges. They offer greater cutting stability and can often handle higher feed rates compared to sharp-cornered end mills.

Die mold cutters are high-precision cutting tools used in CNC machines to create the intricate shapes of dies and molds. These molds are then used to mass-produce parts from materials like metal or plastic. A wide variety of cutter shapes and sizes exist (including ball end mills, square end mills, corner radius end mills, etc.), made from durable materials with specialized coatings to achieve the accuracy and surface finish required for effective molding.

A drill mill is a versatile cutting tool that acts like both a drill bit (for plunging holes) and an end mill (for side cutting of slots and contours). This dual functionality reduces tool changes, improves accuracy, and simplifies machining by allowing multiple operations with a single tool, especially in CNC machines.

A jobber drill is the most common, general-purpose twist drill bit in manufacturing. Its intermediate length (flute length 9-14 times the diameter) provides a good balance of drilling depth and rigidity for drilling various materials like steel, metal, plastic, and wood. It typically has a straight shank, two spiral flutes for chip removal, and often a 118-degree point angle. Made primarily of HSS, it's a versatile and widely used drill bit.

Chucking reamers are used to enlarge an existing hole to an exact size for a precise fit.

Used for deburring, shaping, and smoothing, our carbide rotary files are available in a variety of head types, including standard cut, double cut, and aluminum cut.

Roughing end mills, or hog mills, are designed for quickly removing large amounts of material in the initial stages of machining. They feature aggressive tooth geometry (coarse pitch, deep gullets, fewer flutes, often wavy edges) and a strong core for high material removal rates. While efficient for rough shaping, they produce a poor surface finish and lower accuracy, requiring subsequent finishing with other end mills.

A spotting drill is a short, stiff drill bit used to create a precise starting indentation for other drills. This prevents the final drill from wandering, ensuring accurate hole placement, especially on uneven surfaces. It often has a wider point angle (60, 90, or 120) and can sometimes create a starting chamfer. Using a spotting drill improves hole quality and extends the life of subsequent drill bits.

Reid Supply has a range of ball end mills, square end mills, corner radius end mills, roughing end mills and more.