Cutting Data Handbook

Starting speeds, feeds and depths of cut by workpiece material, with notes on what to change when the cut does not behave.

Every tool we ship comes with a starting point. This handbook goes further: the full table by material group, plus the adjustments to make when the chips come off the wrong color, the finish is not there, or the tool is telling you it is working too hard.

What is inside

• Cutting data by material group — P, M, K, N, S and H, with speeds, feeds and depths of cut for each family.
• Coating selection notes — when AlCrN is wrong and AlTiN is right, and the temperature logic behind it.
• Troubleshooting section — chip color, chatter, built-up edge, poor finish, and the specific adjustment for each.
• Worked examples — a mold cavity, a stainless production part and an aluminium structural component, taken from a starting point to a settled programme.

Where it is most useful

In front of the machine, on the first run of a job that is new to you. The numbers are starting points rather than guarantees — your machine and your setup have the final say — but they remove the guesswork from the first attempt.