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Surform tools are a mix of a rasp and a plane. The sheet metal face of the tool has holes punched through it, and the edges of the holes are sharpened for use as a cutting edge. Surform tools can be flat, half, round, round, and many other shapes. These tools provide faster cutting action, no clogging, and little to no dust. In woodworking surforms rapidly remove wood, but remove less wood than a draw knife and are easier to control. Surform are used in automobile repair shops to shape plastic body filler, and in construction they can be used to trim drywall. Shop our online selection or contact us today for a custom quote. Our knowledgeable sales team is available to help.

In many milling operations, the cutting tool must step over and make several adjacent cuts to complete machining a feature. As a result, a small cusp of material, called a scallop, will remain between these cuts on any surrounding walls or on the machined surface if a ball end mill is used. The size of the step-over distance and the tool diameter will determine the scallop height between each step. Decreasing the step-over distance will minimize the scallop height, but will require more steps, and therefore more time, to machine the feature. Learn more about Milling.