VORTEX TOOL COMPANY INC
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Dear Friends, When we opened our doors in 1992, we realized our success would be based on our ability to provide the best products and service possible to our customers. Since that time, we have worked very hard to meet and exceed the needs of our customers. After more than 30 years in operation, we are proud to say that Vortex Tool is the largest “American Owned and Operated” producer of solid carbide router bits. Now that we have ventured beyond the norm, you may rest assured that we haven’t lost sight of our most important goal, which is to provide our customers with the best products...

Over the past three decades, Vortex Tool has built a reputation as an innovator, manufacturing high performance router and insert cutting tools for the woodworking and plastics industries. From our facility in Schofield, Wisconsin, Vortex produces tools with cutting edges in various grades of carbide, stellite, and polycrystalline diamond. Vortex stands alone as an industry leader with many industry firsts. Our high quality tools, which provide higher operating speeds, significantly longer tool life than other manufacturers and long-term value, have built our customer base of over 6,000...

Custom Tooling (continued) Insert designs vary depending on application. We not only manufacture router tooling, but bore type tooling as well. We always try to provide you with tool designs and insert types that are widely available so you aren’t “tied” to one source for replacement items. Inserts are profile ground on state-of-the-art CNC grinders then “lap” faced producing the sharpest edge quality possible. Bodies and inserts are fully engineered in-house which assures future replacements to be accurate and exact. Tool balance is a very important and often overlooked factor of cutting...

Sharpening Services When Vortex began its business in 1992, we did not manufacture solid carbide tooling, but were a service facility for sharpening and retipping services of solid carbide and carbide-tipped tooling. We had several customers tell us that their tools performed better after we had sharpened them than they did when they were new, and a few would have us sharpen their new tools with this special “Razor Edge” Technology. Today, Vortex Tool continues to sharpen all types of solid carbide bits as well as carbide-tipped tooling for the woodworking and plastics industries. We can...

Left Hand Tools All tools listed in this catalog are available in left hand (counterclockwise) rotation. To order left hand rotation tooling, signify by placing an “L” behind the part number. More popular tools are currently listed in this catalog. Flush Trim Bits with Bearings Most standard tools, 1/2” diameter and larger, can be manufactured with bearing guides on the cutting end of the tool. When ordering, add a “B” behind the part number and add $95 to the tool cost. Vortex does have stock on a few flush trim bearing bits (Series 1200), and others would need to be manufactured with a...

TO PLACE AN ORDER: www.vortextool.com • FAX 715-355-7353 • CALL 800-355-7708 • AMERICAN OWNED &

TO PLACE AN ORDER: www.vortextool.com • FAX 715-355-7353 • CALL 800-355-7708 • AMERICAN O

TO PLACE AN ORDER: www.vortextool.com • FAX 715-355-7353 • CALL 800-355-7708 • AMERICAN OWNED & OPERATED

TO PLACE AN ORDER: www.vortextool.com • FAX 715-355-7353 • CALL 800-355-7708 • AMERIC

TO PLACE AN ORDER: www.vortextool.com • FAX 715-355-7353 • CALL 800-355-7708 • AMERICAN OWNED & OPERATED

TO PLACE AN ORDER: www.vortextool.com • FAX 715-355-7353 • CALL 800-355-7708 • AMERICAN OWNED & OPERA

Why Use Solid Carbide Spiral Tooling? Because of some unique cutting tool properties, solid carbide spiral tools produce the best edge qualities of any cutting tool design available. Additionally, solid carbide router bits are able to produce these cuts at the fastest feed rates possible as compared to any other type of routing tool. Upcut Spirals ▼ he upcut spiral is a right-hand spiral with a right-hand rotation of cut. An T upcut spiral will cause the chips to be “augered” upwards during cutting. This can be particularly useful in slotting cuts or where chip removal is a problem. Upcut...

Chip Load The chip load is a measurement of the thickness of material removed by each cutting edge during a cut. This is a valuable piece of information which can then be used to calculate new set-ups. Calculations are as follows: Chip Load = Feed Rate (inches per minute) / (RPM x number of flutes) Example: Chip Load = 500 inches per minute / (15,000 RPM x 2 flutes) Chip Load = .017” Chip loads are based on material thickness of average size for cutting edge length of tool. These recommendations do not apply to thicker materials or tools with long cutting edge lengths. These chiploads are...

Vortex Tool Selection Guide App To make tool selection even easier, Vortex Tool Company’s Tool Selection Guide App simplifies tool selection based on your cutting needs. Input the type of material being cut, the horsepower of the CNC machine, the tool diameter, the thickness of material and the type of cut desired. Then the Tool Selection Guide App will recommend the best tool for your application. The App also includes calculators to determine chipload, feed rate, RPM and metric conversions. Convenient links are also provided to this catalog and online ordering. Winner of the 2015 AWFS...

IWF Challenger's Award Vortex Tool Company was the recipient of the 2004 IWF Challenger’s Award, known throughout the world for recognizing outstanding companies that have exhibited excellence in developing innovative products, services, or manufacturing techniques that advance the industry. The Challengers Award Winner 2004 TO PLACE AN ORDER: www.vortextool.com • FAX 715-355-7353 • CALL 800-355-7708 • AMERICAN OWNED & OPE