Regrind Service

Quality high speed steel and carbide tools for professionals.

REGRIND SERVICES

Save 70% on tool cost with regrinding!

Have Severance regrind your HSS or Carbide Tools...You’re throwing money away when you discard worn cutting tools. Severance can restore them to like-new condition at a fraction of the cost of replacement. Any brand...any size (1/16” to 3”) ...any style, standard or special.

EXPERIENCE PAYS

The Severance Regrind Department is staffed by the company’s most experienced personnel because restoration is a more exacting task than original manufacture. The first challenge is to correctly identify incoming tools as to their brand, size, shape and catalog number (or drawing number in the case of specials). Then, the degree of damage is evaluated for each tool to determine the processing steps needed to restore it to original specifications.

ATTENTION TO DETAIL

Severance receives many tools for regrinding that are neither cataloged items (ours or other brands) nor Severance-manufactured specials. If these tools are not accompanied by a description or drawing, they go to our inspection department. Engineering prepares a drawing, based on identifiable dimensions and features of the tool. The customer may be called to resolve any remaining questions. A print is then retained in the incoming inspection file against future appearances of the tool.

ESTABLISHING SHAPE

Tools that need anything more than a light sharpening cut go to the machine grinding department. Here, the basic shape of the tool is re-established by removing enough material to get rid of dull edges and chips. After repeated regrindings, or when major damage is involved, the tool may need refluting. This operation is also done in the machine regrinding department.

THE CUTTING EDGE

The final step in the reconditioning of a cutting tool is “backing off” the cutting edge. This hand grinding operation removes material behind the edge at a specified angle, leaving a thin land to support the cutting edge. Final cutting tooth geometry determines the performance and durability of the tool, so our craftsmen adhere very closely to established specifications.

Regrind Services

Regrinding

The photo at the right shows a six-flute Chatterless-Countersink™ which has become dull in service and was returned to Severance for restoration. It will receive our basic regrind service to the price listed in the current Price Supplement. After grinding, the tool will be slightly shorter than its original length, but will be functionally the same as new. When side cutting tools, such a

Recutting

This Chatterless-Countersink™, identical when new to the one above, has been chipped rather badly. It is salvageable by grinding the teeth down to a point below the chips, then backing off the edges. As the amount of material that must be removed becomes larger, each tooth becomes thicker, and the central diameter becomes larger. At some point, the flutes will have to be recut to preserve

Reconditioning

The Chatterless-Countersink™ pictured here has experienced a real disaster. The damage extends so deeply into the carbide that there’s not enough material left to reflute and regrind. This tool will require extra work and will be priced accordingly. We will provide a quotation before any work is done if requested to do so by the customer. Tools that are beyond repair will be returned