Talk:Cutting tool (machining)/Archive 1

SS, low-carbon steel, and free-machining steel used to make [metal]-cutting tools???

For kitchen knives, yes, but for metal-cutting tools?? Can you provide examples of this? — ¾-10 01:40, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Metalworking cutting tools are generally made of tool steels (today most often high speed steel or cobalt steel), carbides, ceramics, or industrial diamonds.

Probably an article called "Cutting tool" should not be just about metal-cutting tools

This article has problems. Probably an article called "Cutting tool" should not be just about metal-cutting tools. It would be about all tools that cut, from scissors to cross-cut saws to metal-cutting tools, pointing readers to main articles using {{main}}. If this article wants to be about only metal-cutting tools, which within the context of machining are called simply "cutting tools", then it should probably be titled "Metal-cutting tool" and explicitly state the context restriction in its lede (e.g., "within the context of machining they are called simply 'cutting tools'.") — ¾-10 02:04, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just realized that the solution to this is simply to change the article title to "Cutting tool (metalworking)". Will do. — ¾-10 16:06, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think what you did is right, but shouldn't the modifier be "(machining)", because you can machine more than metals, such as plastics. I think this is a common mistake we have made; we have a lot of articles about machining that have a metalworking modifier in the title that are often used to machine other materials. Wizard191 (talk) 14:59, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I support changing them to "(machining)". — ¾-10 03:45, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Wizard191 (talk) 15:57, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A look at Template:Types of tools makes me realize that "Cutting tool" was supposed to be general all along

So I came to "Cutting tool" when it had already been improperly turned into a metalworking-specific thing, and mistakenly thought that it had originally been intended as such—which it was not. OK, sorry, I will change "Cutting tool" from its current redirect into a general article stub. Will do ASAP. — ¾-10 23:47, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Looked into it—I don't see how you would even make a general "Cutting tool" article that didn't overlap with and fork from the main article "Cutting". Therefore, I solved this by changing Template:Types of tools so that "Cutting tools" pipe-links to "Cutting". — ¾-10 03:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cutting with torches?

Should this page have a link to cutting torch? I think it'd be helpful if one page or the other could contrast metal cutting by means of mechanic tools versus torches. --AlexChurchill (talk) 22:27, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose you could add a link the see also section. Wizard191 (talk) 15:58, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, lasers. smurfix (talk) 11:07, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

cutting tool materials

Is there an article on materials that goes into depth about the various materials cited in the table? More about cutting tool materials could be added to this article, but would add a lot of detail. Wilhkar (talk) 19:06, 5 February 2010 (UTC)wilhkar [this is my first talk page post--sorry if I messed up anywhere.][reply]

I've added links to the materials. Wizard191 (talk) 23:14, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

tipped tools

The article on tipped tools might be combined with this. People don't ordinarily talk about tipped tools but cutting tools frequently use replaceable inserts these days. Wilhkar (talk) 01:02, 25 February 2010 (UTC)wilhkar[reply]

~~Makes sense to me. Wizard191 (talk) 15:44, 25 February 2010 (UTC)~~ Correction, I think tipped tool should not be merged because of tipped tools that are not cutting tools (in the machining sense), such as saws. Wizard191 (talk) 18:06, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]