Technical Resources

5052 vs 6061 aluminum comparison covering properties, machinability, forming, welding, corrosion resistance, finishing, tolerances, and applications.

Aluminum Anodizing Colors and aluminum anodizing prices explained, including alloy, finish, thickness, masking, quantity, tolerances, color control, and quote factors.

Anodize vs Alodine guide comparing corrosion, conductivity, coating thickness, and anodizing vs electroplating for CNC machined parts.

Bead Blasted Metal guide covering Bead Blasted Stainless Steel, bead blasted aluminum, bead blasting vs sandblasting, and bead blasting vs sand blasting process control.

Surface finishing services guide for CNC parts covering anodizing, plating, passivation, black oxide, blasting, polishing, coatings, tolerances, and selection.

Machined casting guide covering castings machining and casting CNC machining processes, allowances, datum planning, design guidelines, defects, inspection, and sourcing.

Use this Surface Finish Chart to compare roughness values, symbols, manufacturing methods, inspection, and surface finishing process design.

Rapid metal prototyping guide covering CNC, sheet metal, additive processes, material selection, steel prototyping, tolerances, inspection, and prototype-to-production planning.

How to remove a broken tap from hole guide covering extractors, carbide removal, EDM, thread repair, safety, inspection, failure causes, and prevention.