CNC Turned Parts: Tolerances, Materials, and When Turning Beats Milling
CNC turned parts are the round, concentric components that keep machines moving — shafts, bushings, pins, spacers, connectors, and threaded bodies. Turning on a lathe delivers excellent surface finish and roundness at speed, often faster and cheaper than milling the same geometry. This guide covers tolerances, materials, and exactly when turning beats milling so your […]
Custom Metal Dowel Pins: Precision Ground Pins for Alignment & Fixturing
Custom metal dowel pins are the unsung heroes of accurate assembly. They locate two plates, jigs, or housings to a repeatable position so bolts only clamp, never align. A dowel that is a few microns out throws the whole stack into error. Huaxiao turns and grinds dowel pins to m6, h7, and press-fit tolerances in […]
CNC Lathe Services: Precision Turning for Round & Cylindrical Parts
Round and cylindrical parts are the natural home of the lathe, and CNC lathes have made turning faster, tighter and more repeatable than ever. Our CNC lathe services produce shafts, bushings, pins, spacers, nuts and threaded fittings with live tooling that also mills, drills and taps in a single setup. This guide covers what a […]
Custom Metal Collars: Split, Set-Screw, and Threaded Designs Made to Spec
A shaft collar looks simple, yet it performs critical jobs: locating, spacing, stopping, and joining components along a shaft. When a catalog collar will not fit the bore, material, or duty, a custom metal collar is the solution. This guide covers the options. We explain collar types, the materials and machining routes that suit them, […]
Swiss Turning Services: Micro-Tolerance Long Parts at Volume
Swiss Turning Services: Micro-Tolerance Long Parts at Volume Swiss turning (also called Swiss screw machining) is the go-to process for long, slender, high-precision turned parts—medical pins, connectors, and sensor components where diameter-to-length ratio makes conventional lathes unstable. A sliding headstock and close bushing support let the tool cut right at the material, eliminating deflection. This […]
CNC Turning Services: Precision Round & Cylindrical Parts at Scale
CNC Turning Services: Precision Round & Cylindrical Parts at Scale CNC turning is the workhorse of precision round-part manufacturing. By spinning a workpiece against a stationary, computer-controlled cutting tool, a CNC lathe shapes shafts, bushings, studs, spacers and fittings to tolerances most shops cannot match by hand. At Huaxiao we run CNC turning as part […]
