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Tolerances for High Speed Steel End Mills
Cutting Diameter Tolerances

End Mill Style
Number
of Flutes
Type of
Range
ANSI* Tolerance
Niagara Tolerance
Corresponding List Numbers
Double End
Finishers
2, 3 & 3
Center Cutting
(+.0000/-.0015)
(+.0000/-.0015)
D201, D400, DA206, DB260, DBS217, DC402, DL213, DL418, DLH590, DR209, DR416, DS211, DS420, DSF290, DTF309
4 Flute Non-Center Cutting
Flute Smaller than Shank
(+.003/-.000)
(+.001/-.000)
D400, DLH589
Shank & Flute Same Size
(+.0000/-.0025)
(+.0000/-.0015)
Single End
Finishers
2
Stub Length
(+.0000/-.000)
(+.0000/-.0015)
A208, A337, AB337, AB910, ACB337, AL337, ALL337, S203, S404, SB207, SB470, SC406, SEB270, SEL250, SK204, SLH580, SLRB601, SLRC602, SR208, SR414, STF320, SCF890, SLR600
2, 3, 4, 6, 8
All Except Heavy Duty
(+.003/-.000)
(+.001/-.000)
Heavy Duty
Finishers
2, 3, 4, 6, 8
Heavy Duty with 2" & 2-1/2" Diameter Shanks
(+.005/-.000)
(+.005/-.000)
HAC700, HDA670, HDA740, HDA760, HDB590, HDB780, HDC650, HDC720, HDC730, HDC770, HMC630
Metric Finishers
With Inch Shanks
2 & 4
All Sizes
No Specification
(+.001/-.000)
SMM830, SMM850

 

Shank Diameter Tolerances
End Mill Type
Other Specification
ANSI* Tolerance
Niagara Tolerance
All Inch Shanks
(-.0001 / -.005)
(-.0001 / -.005)

Length-Of-Cut Tolerances
End Mill Type
Other Specification
ANSI* Tolerance
Niagara Tolerance
All Except
Heavy Duty
(+.031 / -.031)
(+.031 / -.000)
Heavy Duty
(+.062 / -.062)
(+.062 / -.000)

Over-All-Length Tolerances
End Mill Type
Other Specification
ANSI* Tolerance
Niagara Tolerance
All Except Heavy Duty
3" Diameter Flutes
(+.062 / -.062)
(+.062 / -.000)
3" Diameter Heavy Duty
(+.125 / -.125)
(+.125 / -.000)


* Taken from table 77 of the USA Standards for Milling Cutters and End Mills, ANSI B94.
19-1985 published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Note: All dimensions are in inches unless otherwise noted.

 

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