straight flute

According to Jung and Ke (2007), the straight flute design, such as that in gun drills, adds strength to the drill and reduces the distance the chip must travel to escape the bore, when compared to twist drills.

Available with the Steam Temper or TiAlN coating options it features a straight flute design which enables production of both through and blind holes.

Set the depth of your top-bearing straight flute bit to make a 3/8-in.

Onsrud Cutter Inc.'s Wood-rout is a line of spiral and straight flute, solid carbide router bits for cutting hardwoods and wood composites.

Straight flute: Straight flute reamers are satisfactory for most work and the least expensive, but should not be used if a keyway or other interruption is in the hole.

Straight flute drills: Straight flute drills are an extreme case of low helix drills.

Here a cast iron actuator housing is tapped with a 5/8-11 straight flute tap.