Niagara Cutter N85658 Uncoated Finishing Review

Made with precision in the USA, fantastic cutter. The cost is the same as imported end mills but with the quality of an American product. I've used this bit to make some plunge cuts on 4140 chrome moly steel and it's one of the best end mills I've ever bought.

Well made end mill that cuts well. That's the problem. Specifications do not indicate shaft length. The picture shows about half of the total length of 2 inches. Unfortunately for me the shaft is much longer than half the overall length which left me far from what I needed. This is a good product but the picture showing the end mill is very misleading.

This is a quality cutter. I use it on my Shapeoko 2 CNC machine with great results. It's durable too. I screwed up and left my machine unattended while I was milling aluminum and when I came back I found that the groove in the aluminum was clogged and snagged on the drill so it was now cutting very deep grooves in the panel. Instead of vomiting, he just kept chewing. The shank was destroyed (*sad face*) but the end mill seems to have survived the collision and continues to cut normally. I'll…

I don't have much experience with end mills, so I don't know. All I can say is that's why I did a lot of reading and shopping before spending that much on a small drill press. A lot had to do with the blade design, but I also wanted to be confident in the quality. I didn't want to spend money on something too cheap that wouldn't stand up to the current job, but I wouldn't use it professionally at home for small projects just like that, and chances are I'll only use it a couple of times. so I…