end mill

American  

noun

1. (in a milling machine) a rotating cutting tool having a cylindrical shank with teeth at the end, used for machining the faces and sides of metal pieces and other objects.

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Example Sentences

It’s impressive, but ultimately a charade: at no point does the end mill make contact with the metal.

From The Guardian

In the case of the end mill the pressure of the cut falls in line with the arbor axis and downwards; hence the arbor spring is less and does not affect the depth of the cut.

From Project Gutenberg

In the end mill the amount of feed also is greater for a given length of finished surface than it is in the plain cutter, as will be readily understood from what has already been said with reference to face mills.

From Project Gutenberg

The tool used is a shank or end mill, such as was shown in Fig.

From Project Gutenberg

In many cases it becomes a question whether it is better to do a piece of work with plain mills, with an end mill, or with face mills, a common hexagon nut forming an example.

From Project Gutenberg