[widgitmaster]

I have just won an old Weldon Air-Bearing attachment for my surface grinder on eBay, now I can start sharpening endmills!

What is that hot oily wax coating that is usually found on reground endmills called? Where can I get some of it? I have just bid on an electric melting pot, but have been unable to locate the name or source for that hot dip coating!

There was a mention of "Seal-Peal" on one googled site, but it was dead ended!

I have plans of doing some cutter regrinding as a service on the side, so having a hot dip coating to protect the reground edges is a necessity!

Thanks,
Eric

[Chuck Pressure]

Eric,
Try this link.
http://www.dipseal.com/
I think this is what your talking about....

[HuFlungDung]

That's not an endmill resharpening question! You can also dip-seal dull endmills if you like

[Mcgyver]

yeah, we want a sharpening question. very handy accessory, good job on getting it

[widgitmaster]

Eric,
Try this link.
http://www.dipseal.com/
I think this is what your talking about....

I filled out the form on the Dip Seal page, and it crashed when I tried to send it!
So I sent them an email requesting a catalog!

Thanks!

Eric

[ctate2000]

You can buy it out of MSC and Mc Master Carr.

[widgitmaster]

You can buy it out of MSC and Mc Master Carr.

Thank you, I will look there next, as the email I sent to Dip Seal was undeliverable!


Eric

[widgitmaster]

I found it on McMaster Carr!

So I bought 5 lbs of it!

They also sell those melting pots for $320+
The pot I won on eBay was only $45

Now I feel better!

Eric

I still think this was an End Mill Sharpeneing Question!

[DareBee]

We use it for dipping powdered metal tooling.

[widgitmaster]

We use it for dipping powdered metal tooling.

Powder metallurgy uses sintering process for making various parts out of metal powder. The metal powder is compacted by placing in a closed metal cavity (the die) under pressure. This compacted material is placed in an oven and sintered in a controlled atmosphere at high temperatures and the metal powders coalesce and form a solid. A second pressing operation, repressing, can be done prior to sintering to improve the compaction and the material properties.

The properties of this solid are similar to cast or wrought materials of similar composition. Porosity can be adjusted by the amount of compaction. Usually single pressed products have high tensile strength but low elongation.


For those of us who do not know what powdered metal is !
Thanks,
Eric

[DareBee]

Correct

And tooling is often complicated and made to high precision