Cutting tools for machine shops and toolrooms
GODOWN sources cutting tools for CNC machine shops, toolrooms and maintenance workshops: drills, end mills, turning and milling inserts, taps, reamers, boring and grooving tools, toolholders and saw blades, in HSS, cobalt HSS and solid carbide.
Cutting tools are consumed steadily and bought again and again, so most indents come from the tool crib, raised by the setter or toolroom in-charge with the ISO code or catalogue number, the grade, the workpiece material and the machine. Repeat buys are where the savings are: know your monthly consumption of each insert, and set a target price for the ones you buy most.
Your tool crib gets competitive quotes on every code, one PO per plant and deliveries tracked to your gate with a GST tax invoice, from GODOWN, the same partner that supplies the rest of the plant. Grinding wheels for tool regrinding sit under abrasives.
Cutting tools we source for plants
Twist drills
HSS, cobalt HSS and solid carbide drills in jobber and stub lengths. Carbide drills with through-coolant suit CNC production; HSS covers maintenance and general machining.
End mills
Solid carbide and HSS end mills for slotting, profiling and pocketing, with square, ball-nose or corner-radius ends. Fewer flutes clear chips better in aluminium; more flutes give a better finish in steel.
Turning inserts
Indexable carbide, cermet, ceramic and CBN inserts named by an ISO code such as CNMG 120408. The grade and chipbreaker are chosen by workpiece group: ISO P (steel), M (stainless), K (cast iron), N (non-ferrous), S (heat-resistant alloys) and H (hardened steel).
Milling cutters and inserts
Face mills, shoulder mills and their indexable inserts, such as APMT and SEKT styles. Inserts must match the cutter body's pocket, so give the body's details too.
Taps
Spiral-point taps push chips ahead for through holes, spiral-flute taps lift chips out of blind holes, and forming taps roll the thread without chips. Hand taps cover maintenance work.
Reamers
Hand and machine reamers finish drilled holes to size and tolerance, such as H7, with a good surface.
Boring, grooving and threading tools
Boring bars, grooving and parting blades and inserts, and threading inserts for internal and external work on lathes.
Toolholders
Collet chucks, hydraulic and shrink-fit holders on BT, SK, HSK or CAT tapers for machining centres, and external and internal turning holders for lathes.
Saw blades
Bimetal bandsaw blades and HSS or TCT circular saw blades for cutting bar and tube stock to length.
What to put on a cutting tools indent
Vendors quote the right part first time when the indent carries these. Missing details mean a round of calls before anyone can quote.
- Full ISO code for inserts (CNMG 120408), plus the chipbreaker and grade printed on the box. The ISO code fixes the shape and size; the grade and chipbreaker decide tool life and finish.
- Drills and end mills: diameter (with tolerance if critical), flute length, overall length, number of flutes, shank type (plain or Weldon flat) and coating (TiN, TiAlN, AlTiN or uncoated).
- Tool material: HSS, cobalt HSS (HSS-E), powder-metal HSS or solid carbide.
- Workpiece material and hardness: steel grade, stainless, cast iron, aluminium, or hardened steel in HRC. The same diameter comes in different geometries for each.
- Taps: thread size and pitch (M10 × 1.5), tolerance class (6H, also called ISO 2), through or blind hole, tap type (spiral point, spiral flute or forming) and material.
- Toolholders: spindle taper (BT40, SK40, HSK-A63), clamping system (ER32 collet, hydraulic, shrink fit or side lock), gauge length and coolant routing.
- Pack quantity (inserts usually come in boxes) and whether an equivalent brand is acceptable.
- The machine and operation (CNC turning, VMC milling, radial drilling), so vendors can suggest a suitable grade.
Buying cutting tools through GODOWN
One partner
Cutting tools on the same PO trail as every other category you buy, instead of another vendor to manage.
Competitive quotes
Benchmarked prices for each item before you commit, without your buyer calling around.
Your approvals
Requests follow the sign-off rules your plant already uses, with a record of every decision.
Tracked to your gate
An ETA on every order and a GST tax invoice with every delivery.
After-sales handled
Returns and replacements raised against the original order, and followed up for you.
Where it's used in a plant
- CNC turning centres and VMCs machining shafts, housings and flanges.
- Toolrooms making and repairing dies, jigs and fixtures.
- Maintenance workshops drilling, tapping and reaming during repairs.
- Stock cutting in stores and fabrication bays.
Brands buyers commonly specify
- Sandvik Coromant
- Kennametal
- Iscar
- TaeguTec
- Mitsubishi Materials
- Walter
- YG-1
- Addison
Name a brand on the indent, or allow equivalents. What's quoted depends on the vendors who respond. Brand names belong to their owners.
Plants that buy cutting tools
Delivered across Delhi NCR
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Buying cutting tools: common questions
How do I read a turning insert code like CNMG 120408?
The ISO code describes the insert letter by letter. In CNMG 120408, C is an 80° rhombic shape, N means a zero clearance angle (a negative insert), M is the tolerance class and G means a fixing hole with chipbreakers on both faces. 12 is the edge length in mm, 04 the thickness (4.76 mm) and 08 the nose radius (0.8 mm). The chipbreaker and grade printed on the box follow the code and belong on the indent too.
What drill size do I need before tapping a metric thread?
For a standard metric cutting tap, subtract the pitch from the nominal diameter: an M10 × 1.5 thread needs an 8.5 mm drill and an M8 × 1.25 thread a 6.8 mm drill. Forming taps, which roll the thread instead of cutting it, need a larger hole, roughly the nominal diameter minus half the pitch, so check the tap maker's chart. Put the tap and the matching drill on the same indent so they arrive together.
Can I buy an equivalent insert from a different brand?
Yes. The ISO code is common to all makers, so a CNMG 120408 from one brand fits the same holder as another's. What differs is the grade and chipbreaker, which each maker names in its own way and which decide tool life and finish. Mark the indent 'equivalent allowed', give the workpiece material and the operation (roughing or finishing), and you can compare the nearest grade from each brand side by side.
Should I buy HSS or carbide drills?
Buy carbide for CNC production and HSS for maintenance and manual machines. Carbide drills cut faster and last longer on rigid machines with good coolant, so they cost less per hole in volume work. HSS and cobalt HSS drills are tougher and cheaper per piece, and tolerate the vibration and run-out of radial, pillar and hand drills. Cobalt HSS is the usual step up for stainless steel. Name the machine on the indent so vendors quote the right tool.