The Sharpest "Knife" in the Drawer:

OEM Re-Conditioning Expertise

by Jack McGuinn, Senior Editor

Gear Technology spoke with some tool sharpening experts about the importance of choosing the right vendor and ensuring the latest technology is used to sharpen and coat your hobs, shaper cutters, broaches and other tools.

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Related Articles — Editors' Picks

Gear Technology's article archive provides a great resource for back-to-basics and gear fundamentals-type articles. Here are some of our editors' picks for articles related to cutting tool reconditioning.

• Effects of Hob Quality & Resharpening Errors on Generating Accuracy
• Advantages of Titanium Nitride Coated Gear Tools
• The Right and Wrong of Modern Hob Sharpening
• Gear Inspection; Hob Wear Questions
• Computerized Hob Inspection & Applications—Part I
• Computerized Hob Inspection & Applications—Part II

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