End Mills & Slot Drills Milling Cutters

Drill bits plunge into the material directly thus merely creating holes, while the end mills cut the workpiece laterally thereby creating profiles or slots

The End mill can be used for non captivated Keyways,elongations and counterbores that have a through hole End mills can generally be run faster than the Slot

difference between slot and port The difference is that the purpose of slotting is to create a groove, closed on both ends, while face milling is meant to flatten the surface of

difference between port and slot Slot drills will have a flute that comes to the middle and an end mill will have clearance in the centre A slot drill has one flute that is slightly longer