IMTS 2026 brings together the latest innovations in metalworking, machining, tooling, automation, and manufacturing technology from around the world.

As you plan your visit to McCormick Place, be sure to include the Factory Tooling Solutions principal partners exhibiting at this year's show. From precision cutting tools and advanced threading systems to workholding, toolholding, metalworking fluids, angle heads, and specialty finishing solutions, these manufacturers offer technologies designed to improve productivity, accuracy, and profitability on the shop floor.

Click each company name below to visit their IMTS exhibitor page and add them to your show planner. The location link beneath each company name will take you directly to the IMTS show map so you can easily locate their booth during the event.

West Building, Level 3 — 432292 — Tooling & Workholding

North Building, Level 3 — 237515 — Abrasive Machining/Sawing/Finishing

West Building, Level 3 — 431364 — Tooling & Workholding

West Building, Level 3 — 432129 — Tooling & Workholding

West Building, Level 3 — 431910 — Tooling & Workholding

West Building, Level 3 — 431822 — Tooling & Workholding

West Building, Level 3 — 431336 — Tooling & Workholding

by Bernard Martin

Everede Tool Company has been around a long time, and if you’ve ever run their boring bars or specialty tooling, you already know the quaility of their work. Their custom tooling program is built for shops that deal with tight features, deep bores, awkward geometries, or parts that don’t play nicely with catalog tools.
The Custom Solution Program exists for one simple reason — sometimes the tool you actually need doesn’t exist on a shelf.

Custom Tooling: It Starts With Your Part
Everede approaches custom tooling by working directly from the part print and the machining process required to produce it. Shops typically start by providing a drawing, model, or sample part. From there, Everede’s engineering team evaluates feature geometry, required tolerances, material, and machine constraints before any tool design work begins.

This part-first approach keeps the tooling design aligned with how the cut will actually be made. Reach, diameter, insert orientation, clearance, and chip evacuation are considered together so the tool runs predictably in production.

Modified Standard Tools When the Platform Is Close
Many custom projects begin with an existing Everede tool platform. Boring bars, counterbores, chamfer tools, and specialty cutters can be adjusted to match specific feature requirements. Typical changes include overall length, cutting diameter, insert pocket geometry, lead angles, and relief.

Coolant delivery and chip flow are often addressed during this stage, especially for deep bores or interrupted cuts. These modifications allow shops to stay within familiar tooling formats while improving stability and consistency at the cut.

Purpose-Built Tools for Difficult Features
When a modified standard tool cannot support the application, Everede designs purpose-built tooling around the feature itself. These tools are engineered to machine specific profiles, stepped diameters, back-side features, or blended operations that would otherwise require multiple tools.

Purpose-built tools reduce setup time, eliminate tool changes, and improve repeatability on complex parts. For shops running tight tolerances or high mix work, this often simplifies both programming and inspection.

Insert Geometry Matched to the Operation
Custom tooling frequently requires insert geometries that are not available as off-the-shelf options. Everede designs inserts to match the cutting path, material, and surface finish requirements of the part. Insert shape, edge preparation, and coating selection are developed together to support stable cutting and consistent tool life.

Material options include coated carbide as well as PCD and CBN for abrasive materials or high-volume production. Inserts are designed as part of the complete tool system rather than treated as a separate component.

Engineering Support That Fits Your Timelines
Once requirements are defined, Everede provides clear drawings for approval before manufacturing begins. This keeps expectations aligned and minimizes revisions after the tool is built. The process is structured to move efficiently from concept to production without unnecessary back-and-forth.

Lead times are managed with your shop schedule in mind, allowing custom tools to be introduced without disrupting existing workflows.

Where Custom Tools Make a Difference
Custom tooling delivers value when standard tools reach their limits. Shops typically see improvements in cycle time, surface finish, tool life, and process consistency. Consolidating multiple operations into a single tool often reduces offsets, simplifies programming, and improves repeatability across machines and shifts.

Everede’s Custom Solution Program gives shops a practical way to address these challenges with tooling designed around real machining conditions.

If you’re dealing with features that push beyond standard tooling, Factory Tooling Solutions can help you evaluate whether a custom Everede solution makes sense for your application. The FTS team works directly with Everede’s engineers to translate part requirements into practical tooling that runs reliably on your machines. Reach out to Factory Tooling Solutions to review your print, discuss the process, and determine the right next step.

Factory Tooling Solutions is excited to announce our return to the Wichita Industrial Trade Show 2025 (WITS), taking place October 21–23, 2025 at the Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas. As one of the largest regional manufacturing and machining trade shows in the Midwest, WITS 2025 brings together professionals from across the industrial, aerospace, agricultural, and energy sectors to explore the latest in machine tools, precision tooling, automation, workholding, and metalworking technology.

Held every other year since 1974, the Wichita Tool Show has built a strong reputation as a must-attend event for manufacturers, engineers, and industry leaders throughout Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and surrounding states. Factory Tooling Solutions will be showcasing product innovations from all 19 of our world-class principals, giving attendees a hands-on look at the cutting tools, toolholding systems, workholding, and metalworking fluids that drive manufacturing efficiency and precision.

Our booth will feature a wide-ranging display of tooling innovations and solutions from all of the world-class principals we represent. This is a great opportunity to get hands-on with the latest products featured on our website and speak directly with the FTS team about your application challenges.

Explore the Full Factory Tooling Solutions Lineup
You’ll find product samples and technical displays from across our lineup, including:
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• Boneham Metal Products (BMP) – Dowel pins, drill bushings, and custom precision components
• Carmex – Thread milling tools, DMT carbide, and laydown inserts
• Canela – Lathe holders, ISO boring bars, and turning tools
• Dümmel – Ultra Mini and Swiss Line micro-machining tools
• Everede – Specialty boring bars, indexable ANSI tools, and custom form tools
• Fullerton Tool – High-performance end mills like VMAC, Fury, and Aluma series
• Greenleaf – Advanced ceramic inserts and tooling for titanium and Inconel
• Hangsterfer’s Laboratories – High-performance coolants like 5080, Hardcut GTL, and S 500CF
• HEULE Tool – COFA, BSF, and other automated back chamfering and deburring tools
• Huot – ToolScoots, CNC tool storage systems, drill dispensers
• Jergens Workholding – Ball Lock, 5-Axis vises, tombstones, and quick-change fixturing
• MAPAL – Replaceable head reamers, QTD indexable drills, and PCD tooling
• Nine9 – Spot drills, chamfer mills, engraving and centering tools
• OMG – Right angle heads, speed increasers, and facing heads
• Rego-Fix – Powergrip, ER collets, and RE Cool coolant-through technology
• Riten Industries – Live centers, face drivers, and workholding support products
• Rocky Mountain Twist – Cobalt drills, threaded shank drills, and micro stop countersinks
• Superior Abrasives – Quick-change discs, flap wheels, and convolute finishing products
• Tanis Brush – Disc brushes, bore hone brushes, and abrasive filament tools

See What’s New – and What’s Next
If you’re looking to stay competitive in precision manufacturing, you won’t want to miss this event. Our team will be on-hand to guide you through tooling strategies, help identify cost-saving opportunities, and match your application with the right products.

Whether you’re optimizing for cycle time, surface finish, or material removal rates, FTS has the solutions to help you stay ahead.

We look forward to seeing you in Wichita this October!

When you're working in the world of small bores, there’s zero room for error—or oversized tools. That’s why Everede’s Small Boring Bars have become a go-to for machinists tackling precision jobs on Swiss machines and compact CNC lathes. These bars are engineered for tight spaces, light cuts, and ultra-accurate results.
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Small but Mighty
Everede’s small boring bars start at just 0.125" (1/8”) diameter and go up to 0.312", covering a wide range of micro-machining operations. Need to bore a hole barely wider than a matchstick? No problem. Offered in both steel and solid carbide shank options, they’re designed to handle different materials and machining environments.

• Steel Bars: Ideal for lower-speed or light-duty applications where flexibility can be a benefit.
• Carbide Bars: The preferred choice for improved rigidity, vibration resistance, and longer tool life—especially in longer-reach applications.

More Options Than You’d Expect
This isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. Everede offers a wide range of bar diameters, overhang lengths, and insert styles to fit just about any small-part boring application. From internal profiling to facing and grooving, there’s a configuration for your specific job.

Versatile Insert Compatibility: Insert Styles That Work With You
The small boring bar line uses industry-standard inserts like CCMT, DCMT, and TPMT, which makes tool replacement easy and inventory more manageable. As an example, bars use common insert styles like TPMT 1.51, 2.52, and 3.52—so you’re not locked into proprietary tooling. That means easier sourcing, less inventory cost, and more flexibility at the spindle. These inserts handle everything from boring and facing to light profiling. Plus, with Everede’s known reliability, you’re getting consistent performance across the board.

Why It Matters
If you’re running tight-tolerance work in aerospace, medical, or any other high-precision field, your tooling needs to be dead-on. Everede’s small boring bars give you the precision you need, in the style your machines can handle—and your parts demand.

You can check out the small boring bar section of the Everede catalog at THIS LINK or get in touch with us and we'll help you find the small boring bar you need.

by Bernard Martin

If you’re looking to get into tight spots with precision, power, and no drama, Everede’s lineup of ANSI boring bars might just be your new best friend in the shop. Whether you're working on small holes, deep bores, or heavy-duty roughing, these tools are built to help you dig deep—and do it right.

Let’s break it down and see what makes Everede’'s ANSI boring bar selection such a solid choice for machinists who want both versatility and reliability.

Boring Bars Built to Go the Distance
Everede isn’t messing around. Their ANSI-standard boring bars cover a massive range, from micro to major. Each series is tailored for a specific type of work, but here’s the quick and dirty:

• Series A – Ideal for micro-machining and tight bores, getting into holes as small as 0.180".
• Series B – A solid step up for light roughing and finishing in bores from 0.270" and up.
• Series C to D – Perfect for general-purpose boring in medium to large diameter applications, up to 1.344".
• Series E through H – These bars give you great flexibility with boring diameters up to 1.094".
• Series FL – Spiral flute? Yes, please. Excellent chip evacuation for clean, consistent cuts in deeper bores.
• Series PB, TH & RCH – Niche bars for specialty cuts and setups—because sometimes your part just has that one weird feature.

Let’s Talk Inserts – Shapes That Get the Job Done
What really brings a boring bar to life? The insert, of course. Everede’s ANSI bars are designed to work with a few go-to insert shapes, and each has its own sweet spot:

• C-Style (80° Diamond, CCGT/CCMT): This is the all-rounder. Great for finishing or medium roughing. The large corner radius makes it stable and forgiving—perfect for general-purpose boring.
• D-Style (55° Diamond, DCGT/DCMT): Think tight corners and fine finishes. D-style inserts are great when you need a sharper angle to avoid walls or features. Expect great chip control and excellent surface finish.
• T-Style (Triangle, TCGT/TCMT): These are tough and aggressive. T-style inserts offer three cutting edges per side and are excellent for more robust applications where material removal is key. Great for cast iron or harder materials.
• W-Style (Trigon, WCGT/WCMT): Your go-to for maximum insert strength. With a wide cutting edge and beefy geometry, W-style inserts handle interrupted cuts or tough materials like a champ.

Everede matches the bar geometry and pocket depth to the insert style, so everything locks in smooth and performs like a dream.

Getting the Right Reach – Length-to-Diameter Ratios
We all know that going too far without the right support can end in chatter and tool failure. Everede’s got you covered with options that balance reach and rigidity:

• Steel Shank Bars: Safe up to about 4:1 L:D ratio. Ideal for shorter reach or shallow depth applications.
• Heavy Metal Shanks: These offer a solid middle ground—typically good for up to 6:1 L:D. The added mass and vibration-damping properties make them great for deeper cuts where chatter can creep in.
• Carbide Shank Bars: These give you extra backbone—up to 8:1 L:D is possible. Best when you're pushing into deeper bores and need maximum rigidity.

Cool Under Pressure – Standard vs. Coolant-Thru
Running dry or flood coolant? No problem. But when the chips are flying and the heat’s rising, Everede’s coolant-thru options are worth their weight in productivity. Keeping the insert cool helps extend tool life, improves chip evacuation, and keeps your tolerances tight.

Why Everede?
Built in the USA and backed by decades of application knowledge, Everede ANSI boring bars are built to last, easy to index, and just plain reliable. Whether you're running a manual lathe, CNC turning center, or tackling aerospace components, there's a boring bar in the lineup that’ll fit your job.

Want to learn more?
Check out the full catalog here:

And when you're ready to spec the right tool for your next job, give a shout out to the team at Factory Tooling Solutions. They’re happy to help you match the bar to the bore, the insert to the material, and the performance to the part.