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Whether hand tools, saws or CNC machinery, little fabrication would get done without one essential puzzle piece—tooling. In an effort to keep you informed on the best and brightest tooling on the market, Surface Fabrication put out a call to manufacturers and distributors around the world for news on what they are offering. We received a lot of great information on what is now available and have gathered their responses and compiled the data here for you. While no article can cover everything in the huge world of tooling, we hope you will find something here to bring home to your own shop.

AccuGlide stone saws deliver fast, smooth and accurate cuts up to 6-cm deep and 11 ft., 1 in. in length. AccuGlide saws have been built for heavy production use in the shop or on the job. Its track-to-stone calibration system provides a cut setup time of seconds, without guesswork, clamps or suction cups, the company reports. Accuglide saws use a 3-hp-equivelant oil bath gear reduction motor and track the blade with precision. The MiterMaster and VersaTable accessories, allow the AccuGlide operator to quickly transform slab production saw into a mitering, quirk-mitering and beveling saw for shop or site work.
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Bad Dog Tools Router Bits 35 piece set features an assortment of popular profiles. The rugged bits can handle a variety of materials: marble, quartz, solid surface and wood. The bits leave a smoothly finished edge and feature anti-kick-back design for a safe work environment. If you ever damage a Bad Dog Router Bit, the company will replace the bit for the cost of shipping and handling. Sets are available in ½-in. and ¼-in. shank in a foam-lined aluminum case.
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Bosch Power Tools and Accessories has expanded its Professional Saw Blade offering to include three Precision Dado Sets. Blade bodies are laser cut from nickel-alloy steel, then ground and hardened to Rockwell 42-44C. All three sets are designed for both table and radial arm saws. Each set includes two outside blades, one 1⁄4-in. chipper, two 1⁄8-in. chippers and one 1⁄16-in. chipper, a high quality shim set for incremental adjustments as fine as 0.004-in. and a durable carrying case. Varying tooth counts and blade sizes are available.
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Colonial Saw offers high-quality, light-weight Cove and V-Groove cutters for its Streibig vertical panel saws. The cutters utilize profiled inserts to create coves and V-grooves in various depth solid surface and SSV materials. The user can easily swap back and forth between these cutters and a standard saw blade in minutes.
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Federal Saw & Tool supplies four industries, selling hundreds of proucts for use by solid surface, granite and marble fabricators, as well as cabinet makers. The company offers tooling and blades from Alpha, Cyclone Diamond Tooling, Diamond Productions, FS Tool, Italdiamant, Southeast Tool, Velepec, Freud and more. Bits, blades, abrasives and everything else needed to work with wood, granite, marble and solid surface are also available. The company offers a diverse line of abrasives, including Joest, 3M, Rhyno, Mirka, Mercer, Fandelli and more. Federal Saw & Tool is a family-owned company staffed by fabricators that have used the products the company sells to fabricators, offering quality, proven products that make a fabricator’s job easier.
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Freud’s solid surface bits are the best choice for a premium finish, says the company. The bits feature carbide uniquely engineered for fabricating solid surface materials. Like every Freud bit, the solid surface bits feature computer balancing which reduce chatter, resulting in clean, smooth profiles. Multi-axis grinding provides consistent relief angles on the entire cutting edge, providing a flawless finish. Freud offers a wide range of solid surface bits, including round over, ogee, bevel bowl bits, flush trim bits, overhang trim and cut out bits, bull nose bits and a large variety of solid surface edge profile and other bits.
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The Fab Saw SS from Granite City Tool was created by stoneworkers, for stoneworkers. This 2-hp, 83 lbs. saw cuts to a depth of 2 ¾ in. It has a captured guide system and is height adjustable to set the blade off table. Ths Fab Saw SS includes three sections of rail, waterfeed attachment, standard water connections, a built-in GFI and anodized aluminum finish. Saw comes with a 12 or 14 in. blade option as well as power feed and vac/float options.
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To compliment it’s line of tooling, GUHDO USA offers a fully integrated service center at it’s Marietta, GA facility. A recent addition is a state of the art Schneeberger Norma CFG Profile Grinder. This machine specializes in grinding profile inserts ranging from simple bull nose profiles, radius and raise panel profiles to more intricate shapes for crown mouldings, tongue and groove, and cope and stick profiles. This machine offers excellent grinding capabilities and allows for quick deliveries regardless of the quantity.