A rotary cutting tool designed specifically for milling operations, featuring one or more flutes or cutting edges. They come in various shapes like endmills, face mills, and slab mills, each engineered to shear away chips from the workpiece as they spin at high speeds.
Heard on the job
Swap out that dull milling cutter before it starts rubbing and work hardens the stainless.
Also heard as
- cutter
Related terms
Endmill
A rotating cutter with teeth on its end and sides, the main tool for milling slots, pockets and profiles.
High speed steel
A tough tool steel alloy used for cutting tools that withstands high temperatures.
Insert
A small replaceable carbide or ceramic cutting tip clamped in a holder, indexed to a fresh edge when worn.