QUICK-TURN Custom CNC

Custom Milling – Milling is one of the most common processes in CNC machining. Mills do most of the milling, drilling, cutting, and even tapping to create the desired part. Mills generally have 3-axis capabilities to create such parts, working on the X, Y, and Z planes. However, some machines can work with more angles, such as 5-axis milling machines, allowing for the creation of more complex designs.

Custom Turning – Turning parts requires the use of a lathe machine. Using stock material that is round or cylindrical like tubing or solid round stock, lathes can produce parts such as shafts, cams shafts, hubs, driveshafts and rollers, and maintain highly precise dimensions. This process involves rotating or spinning the shaft at very high speeds while using an insert that makes contact with the spinning stock, shearing away small amounts of material quickly to desired depths.

Custom Routing – Routers are used primarily to create specific edges or corners on a part. They can also be used to create grooves, slots, and tracks. Routers use a spinning head with inserts or a specially designed head which spins at a very high speed to remove material quickly.

Custom Surface Grinding and Polishing – Surface grinding can be done by hand or by a CNC machine. CNC machines are preferred for precise grinding. Grinding is used to remove excess materials after other machining processes or to smooth out welds. It is also used for situations where the part requires a very clean and smooth surface.

Other parts may be ground and polished for aesthetic reasons, such as parts consisting of chrome, brass, or bronze (see our complete list of materials below).

Custom Welding and Post Weld Machining – Unlike machining, welding is an additive process by which a worker or welding machine uses electricity and filler rods to fuse metal parts together using heat and then cooling. This allows parts to be permanently joined together to create a wide variety of things, from simple metal boxes to house electrical components to carts and even rocket boosters.

In many cases after a series of parts have been welded together to create the overall desired piece, it may be sent to a CNC machine to fix any distortion caused by the high heat and clean the part up to match the desired specifications.

Custom Heli-Coils and Hardware Inserts – Some parts may require the use of heli-coils or other types of hardware inserts instead of using the tapping process alone. Heli-coils are inserts that, when placed, create a thread for bolts. Hardware inserts are similar and provide solutions for threading bolts or helping to fix parts in place.

Heli-coils are also great for repair situations. For example, if a threaded blind hole (a hole that doesn’t go completely through a part) is stripped, damaged, or needs to be resized, the hole can be drilled to a larger diameter, and a heli-coil can be installed.