Keyseat Cutters - Harvey Tool

1. Keyseat Cutters
Harvey Tool’s Specialty Profiles
Products, Features, & Benefits

2. Keyseat Cutters - Square New
Sizes
Stocked in sizes down to 1/16˝ diameter!
• Both sides of cutter are dished for clearance
• Offered in 20 cutter diameters and 3 types
for slotting

3. Keyseat Cutters - Square (Con’t)
Stocked
In Multiple Radial
Depths of Cut!
Harvey Tool’s Square Keyseat Cutters are
offered in 3 different types for slotting:
• Standard Slotting (Type I)
• Deep Slotting (Type II)
• Max Slotting (Type III)
For larger diameters and greater radial depths of cut see
Large Diameter Keyseat Cutters on Slide 5!

4. Keyseat Cutters - Square
Non-Ferrous Materials
Optimized for aluminum and aluminum alloys with excellent
performance in copper, brass, and bronze alloys
• Large flute opening and sharper cutting edge
• Offered in 2 types for slotting with TiB2 coating to
minimize galling
• Both sides of cutter are dished for clearance
New
Sizes

5. Keyseat Cutters
Square - Large Diameter
New
Sizes
Both sides of the cutter are dished for clearance
• Solid carbide head brazed onto a steel shank
• Weldon flat
• Offered in 3 types for slotting

6. Retaining Ring Keyseat Cutters
Designed for Milling Retaining / Snap Ring Grooves
• Designed to mill proper slot widths for common retaining ring sizes
• Cutter diameter, neck length, radial, and axial depths of cut optimized
for internal retaining ring grooves per ANSI standards
• Both sides of cutter are dished for clearance
New
Sizes

7. Looking for the right internal bore & groove
dimensions for your application?
Select the tool for your next job with Harvey Tool’s Retaining Keyseat Cutter
Selection Chart!
You can find this chart and even more useful machining resources at:
http://www.harveytool.com/technical
Retaining Ring Keyseat Cutter
Selection Chart

8. Keyseat Cutters
Corner Radius
New
Sizes
Corner radius for improved strength
• Both sides of cutter are dished for clearance
• Offered in 2 types for slotting

9. Keyseat Cutters
Corner Radius - Large Diameter
New
Solid carbide head brazed onto a steel shank
• Both sides of cutter are dished for clearance
• Corner radius for improved strength
• Weldon flat

10. Keyseat Cutters - Staggered
Tooth - Corner Radius
New
Sizes
Staggered tooth design for optimal performance
with alternating RH / LH shear flutes, RH cut
• Design improves shearing action, minimizes chip dragging and recutting,
decreases vibration, and improves side wall finish
• Relieved to allow cutting on both sides of head
• Tool can be offset to increase width of groove
• Corner radius for improved strength

11. Staggered tooth design for optimal performance
with alternating RH / LH shear flutes, RH cut
• Design improves shearing action, minimizes chip dragging and recutting,
decreases vibration, and improves side wall finish
• Relieved to allow cutting on both sides of head
• Tool can be offset to increase width of groove
• Corner radius for improved strength
Keyseat Cutters - Staggered
Tooth - Square
New
Sizes

12. Keyseat Cutters – Full Radius
Ground form relieved (can be reground without losing radius)
• 6 flutes
• Both sides of cutter are dished for clearance
• Offered is 2 types for slotting

13. Keyseat Cutters – Full Radius
Large Diameter
Ground form relieved (can be reground without losing radius)
• 6 flutes
• Both sides of cutter are dished for clearance
• Solid carbide head with steel shank
• Offered in 2 types for slotting