MSC Edge - Giving You A Competitive Edge

Expertly engineered. Long-lasting. Our brand ambition for MSC Edge is to offer a range of multipurpose cutting tools that have been designed to do 80% of your machining operations, with 20% of the tools, across a wide range of materials. Helping you to rationalise your tooling to do more, with less.

Keeping ahead of the competition hinges on fine margins. Manufacturing costs. Productivity. Efficiency. Sometimes, a little change is all it takes, to change the game.
Introducing MSC Edge. A revolutionary range of tools, designed to cut costs, not corners.
We benchmark and test tools at our in-house Tech Centre, relentlessly pursuing better ways to make metalwork, less work. Giving you the edge to power progress and perform at your peak.

MSC Edge tools have been thoroughly tested by our time-served engineers, at our UK Technology Centre and with SME manufacturing customers. Each tool has been pushed to its limits using common cutting strategies. They have also been benchmarked against other brands to validate their durability and ability to exceed your expectations across common materials.

Expertly Engineered

Designed by our engineers for engineers, our new range of drills and milling cutters redefine cutting performance, while saving you time and money. We’ve designed tools that deliver outstanding results by combining a grade of high-performance carbide substrate and well-known advanced geometries, including grind type, helix angles, edge preparation and advanced coatings - resulting in versatile cutting tools that last longer and can easily machine various materials commonly used throughout our industry.

Behind every product is a team that sets us apart from other suppliers. Our team of time-served engineers identified a growing need for durable, quality cutting tools, at a fair price, from a trusted source. The development of MSC Edge is rooted in their first-hand understanding of the demands within the industry.

Our tools have completed hundreds of hours of rigorous testing over a six month period.

The tool have been pushed to their limits through a variety of cutting strategies including drilling, milling, profiling, full-width slotting, and helical milling. The tests were performed on Hurco's 3 & 5-axis machining centers, carefully chosen for its relevance to the equipment commonly used by SME manufacturers.

Every trial was conducted in a controlled environment to guarantee consistent, reliable results. The result? A cutting-edge range designed for performance and reliability, ready to handle your toughest machining tasks, with confidence. 

From drilling 1,900 holes to assess durability, to machining helical counterbores that push the bottom cutting edge to its limits, every tool in the range has been subjected to real-world engineering demands.

Full-width slotting trials challenged the lower cutting edges with intermittent cuts, simulating extreme wear scenarios.

Profiling tests combined heavy step-downs, aggressive step-overs, and advanced trochoidal techniques to validate precision and durability.

Our tools stand out due to rigorous testing. Unlike the standard industry methods, we have gone beyond the benchmark and have conducted extended hours of machine testing to monitor tool wear under a microscope, every 10 minutes to ensure unmatched durability.

 In tests with a 12mm 4 Flute Endmill on EN8 Steel, MSC Edge outperformed other comparative brands. After 200 minutes of cutting, the wear was minimal: only 0.30mm on the flute edge and 0.379mm on the bottom edge.

Other sizes of MSC Edge end mills and drills were also tested across multiple common materials and consistently matched or outperformed other brands in cutting performance.

After cutting for 200 minutes, the bottom corner edge wear was L:0.242mm and W:0.303mm, with the flute corner edge at L:0.182mm and W:1.197mm.

After cutting for 150 minutes, we aborted further testing due to excessive damage. The bottom corner edge wear was L:0.22mm and W:0.917mm, with the flute corner edge at L:0.295mm and W:1.152mm.

After cutting for 100 minutes, we aborted further testing due to excessive damage. The bottom corner edge wear was L:0.121mm and W:0.409mm, with the flute corner edge at L:0.29mm and W:2.765mm.

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