Cutting Burs

Abolox is your Best Source for Cutting Burrs

A cutting burr is most commonly used to remove small flakes of metal after the machining process. Burrs come in standard and long lengths and miniature sizes. Techs use the long-cutting burrs for places that are difficult to reach. The miniature sizes are for pencil grinders. Cutting burrs are usually made from Tungsten carbide, which is strong enough to clean up metal.

Cutting Burrs for Professionals and Individuals

While you normally see specialty tools such as cutting burrs in workshops, you might find them in an individual's workshop, especially if that person fabricates metal products. Machinists, auto technicians, electricians, and even home hobbyists find cutting burrs invaluable when producing quality work.

Cutting Burr Features

The cutting burrs we carry of made of Tungsten carbide, which means that they are long-lasting. Both single and double-cut carbide burrs are solid. Single cut carbide burrs are better for cutting steel, chrome, copper, hard steel, ferrous metals and cast iron. Single-cut carbide burrs provide a smooth finish. Double-cut carbide burrs are best for ferrous and non-ferrous metals, such as soft steel and aluminum. They are also great for working with plastics and wood. The double-cut carbide burr has double the cutting edges, so it removes material quickly. They might also be referred to as cross-cut burrs or diamond burrs. They create a much smoother finish than the single-cut carbide burr.

Using Single-Cut and Double-Cut Carbide Burrs

Workers have several uses for carbide burrs. They might use single-cut carbide burrs for milling, cleaning, heavy removal of fabric and deburring. The single-cut carbide burr creates long chips. Double-cut carbide burrs are frequently used for deburring, medium to light removal of fabric, cleaning, fine finishing, and creating a smooth finish. The double-cut carbide burr creates small chips.

Where to Use Single-Cut and Double-Cut Carbide Burrs

You can use carbide burrs in many applications, including tool design, metalworking, making jewelry, woodworking, casting, welding, porting cylinder heads, grinding, deburring, and sculpting. They are commonly seen in the automotive, dentistry, aerospace, metal and stone industries. Use carbide cutting burrs with high-speed fabricators, die grinders, and rotary tools.

Carbide Cutting Burrs from Abolox

Abolox carries only quality materials so that our hand tools last longer than others. Many of the products, including carbide cutting burrs, are made in the United States. You can purchase individual cutting burrs in various shapes or small or large sets of cutting burrs. Visit Abolox to review the cutting burrs we carry. If you do not see something you are looking for, contact us for more information or for a special order.