ABOUT CMT

SINCE 1962 - MADE IN ITALY THEN, STILL MADE IN ITALY TODAY
By now, the story has been told. After over 50 years of success and quality in manufacturing woodworking tools – orange woodworking tools, to be precise – word just sort of gets around.
CMT has grown and has changed, but one thing still remains the same:
company's commitment to making only the highest quality woodworking tools.
                   

Pesaro, Italy

Greensboro, USA

Valencia, Spain

What does it take to make a CMT TOOL? Like all things of quality, it’s not only what you do but how you do it. Anyone who works wood knows that you get out of a piece only what you put into it, and it is no different when manufacturing a tool. You choose your designs and materials carefully and you work using all of your skill and know-how. You’ll be happy to know that’s what we do at CMT too.

QUALITY MATERIALS & DESIGN DELIVER MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE
Premium quality raw materials, high-tech machines and state-of-the-art manufacturing processes ensure maximum lifetime
and performance from CMT’s new line of Router Bits & Sets.

Turning, Milling and Cutting CMT's biggest investment in recent years has been in upgrading production. Today, all machinery at CMT is fully automated. CNC machines run by specially trained operators ensuring the shanks and bodies of our router bits and boring bits are accurate and perfectly balanced.

Heat forged steel bodies for large diameter bits No router bits are exactly the same, not even in the way they are made. Certain bits require a few more steps than others, like heat forging the steel of larger diameter bits beforeturning it into precise bit bodies. This extra step produces a radial grain orientation which offers large diameter bits extra strength and durability.

Brazing We have pioneered the art of brazing. Not only does our unique custom-designed computerized brazing equipment help eliminate the inconsistencies found in old fashioned hand brazing, but our silver-copper-silver brazing ‘sandwich’ provides a tight bond between the steel and the carbide, with a shock absorbing effect to protect the carbide tips when cutting harder woods. Specially formulated carbide for specific applications In woodworking, you have to cut every kind of material, so we make sure that our carbide tips can handle each individual job. This means specially formulating the carbide of each tool so that the compositions vary from being super hard (for tough cutting jobs like laminates) to being less hard (to absorb the impact when cutting large profiles) and everything in between. Grinding and Sharpening The final step in the production process is no different from the rest: sharpening and grinding are done to extreme precision on multi-axis CNC machines. Each bevel and angle is ground or sharpened to the micron, to produce a cutting edge that is both razor sharp, yet extremely durable.

HIGH QUALITY SAW BLADES

Designed for professional woodworkers who require high precision and durability from their saw blades.

Laser cutting The steel plate of the blade is laser cut, NEVER die cut, from superior strength steel. This way of cuttingsteel is not only extremely precise but it makes it possible to cut harder strengths of steel and does not stress the plate while cutting, so the resulting blade is flat and true and more resistant to warping. Grinding and tensioning After it has been cut, the blade is polished and tensioned, the evidence of which can be seen in the superior finish as well as the tension ring visible on the blade. Then the central bore is ground to a smooth finish so that the blade will fit precisely on the saw arbor and will have perfect concentricity during rotation. The seats for the carbide teeth are also ground, making sure that the carbide tips fit perfectly, providing the right conditions for making a secure braze.

Silver-copper-silver sandwich brazing Once again, experience has been a good teacher. Automated brazing with a special silver-copper-silver “sandwich” brazing compound yields excellent results and reduces the chances of failed welds. In addition, this combination of metals is critical during brazing because as the steel body and the carbide tipped teeth are heated and cooled, they expand and contract at different rates. The copper layer acts as a buffer and keeps the carbide from cracking during cool down shrinkage. When woodworking, the copper provides flexibility and resistance to impact which in turn protects the carbide tips and steel shoulders when cutting through harder substances or knots in the wood. Specially formulated carbide tips What is true for router bit carbide tips is also true for the carbide tips on saw blades: what’s good for one type of blade may not be good for another. At CMT, it was studied carbide formulas and their impact on blade performance and was developed specially formulated carbide tips to match each blade’s application. Larger blades require an extra-fine yet harder carbide that holds its edge and resharpens easily, while smaller blades need a special carbide that can withstand the occasional nail or imperfection that is often encountered in construction work. For each blade and each use, there is carbide made especially for it.  Sharpening and laser marking The final step is sharpening the micrograin carbide teeth. During the sharpening phase, each angle is ground to razor-sharp precision - down to the Milacron - on multi-axis CNC machines. CMT laser marks blades so you have all the details about the blade type and its uses, right there on the blade.