4 Flute End Mill

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4 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Flat, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, LOC 12 mm

80147224Made to order

CA$11.15

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3mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Bull Nose - R0.5mm, 8mm LOC, AlCrN Coated

80164259Made to order

CA$16.65

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6 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Flat, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, LOC 16 mm

80147218Made to order

CA$21.46

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6 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, 0.1 mm Corner Chamfer, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, LOC 16 mm

80147216Made to order

CA$22.38

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1/4 Carbide Ball End Mill, 4 flute, Hybrid AlCrN Coated, 0.25 shank x 0.75 LOC, helix angle 35/37

A06-2063Out of stock

CA$23.44

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6mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Bull Nose - R0.5mm, 16mm LOC, AlCrN Coated

80147228Made to order

CA$30.48

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8 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Flat, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, LOC 20 mm

80147221Made to order

CA$40.24

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8 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, 0.1 mm Corner Chamfer, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, LOC 20 mm

80147220Made to order

CA$41.03

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8 mm Carbide End Mill, 0.5 mm Corner Radius, 4 Flutes, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, LOC 20 mm

80147226Made to order

CA$42.74

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10 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Flat, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, LOC 25 mm

80147219Made to order

CA$71.76

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10 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, 0.1 mm Corner Chamfer, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, LOC 25 mm

80147217Made to order

CA$72.14

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10 mm Carbide End Mill, 0.5 mm Corner Radius, 4 Flutes, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, LOC 25 mm

80147230Made to order

CA$74.51

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12 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Flat, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, LOC 30 mm

80147222Made to order

CA$100.39

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12 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, 0.1 mm Corner Chamfer, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, LOC 30 mm

80147223Made to order

CA$100.87

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12 mm Carbide End Mill, 0.5 mm Corner Radius, 4 Flutes, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, LOC 30 mm

80147225Made to order

CA$103.62

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12 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Flat, Long, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, LOC 45 mm

80147229Made to order

CA$130.10

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1/4 Carbide end mill, 4 flute, TiAlN, 0.5 shank x 0.75 LOC, helix angle 38, 0.016 chamfer

A01-4063Archive

2.5 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Flat, Standard length, For P, H materials, TiSiAlCrN coated, Helix angle 45 degree

EM281-4TL-025Archive

4 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Flat, Standard length, For P, H materials, TiSiAlCrN coated, Helix angle 45 degree, LOC 12 mm

EM281-4TL-040Archive

1 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Flat, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, Helix angle 35 degree / 38 degree, LOC 3 mm

EM311-4TL-010Archive

1.5 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Flat, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, Helix angle 35 degree / 38 degree, LOC 4 mm

EM311-4TL-015Archive

2 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Flat, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, Helix angle 35 degree / 38 degree, LOC 6 mm

EM311-4TL-020Archive

2.5 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Flat, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, Helix angle 35 degree / 38 degree, LOC 8 mm

EM311-4TL-025Archive

3 mm Carbide End Mill, 4 Flutes, Flat, Standard length, For P, M, K materials, AlCrN coated, Helix angle 35 degree / 38 degree, LOC 8 mm

EM311-4TL-030Archive

4 Flute End Mills

Four flutes is the standard geometry for steel, stainless, cast iron and heat-treated alloys. The reason is not that four edges cut more than two - it is that four shallow flutes leave a much larger core, and the core is what resists bending and torsion. A 4-flute cutter holds its position in the cut, and holding position is what produces a size you can measure and a finish you can accept.

The range below covers 4-flute cutters in square, corner radius and ball nose profiles across the diameters we stock, coated and uncoated. Details are on each product page.

Keeping a tooth in the cut

This is the part most flute-count advice leaves out, and it decides whether a cut chatters.

How far a tooth is engaged depends on radial width. At 25% radial engagement the arc of contact is about 60 degrees. A 4-flute cutter has 90 degrees between teeth. So at 25% radial there are moments when no tooth is cutting at all, then a tooth slams in - and that on-off loading is exactly what excites chatter.

Two ways out. Raise radial engagement to around half the diameter, where the arc reaches 90 degrees and one tooth is always in the cut. Or, if the strategy requires light radial engagement, go up in flute count - five flutes close the gap to 72 degrees, and high-flute-count tools exist for exactly this reason.

A cut that sings at 20% radial and runs quietly at 45% is not a tool problem.

Chip thinning: light cuts need more feed, not less

The instinct with a light radial pass is to back the feed off. That is backwards, and it destroys tools.

When radial width is less than half the diameter, the tooth never reaches full chip thickness - it skims. At 10% radial engagement the actual chip is only about 60% of the programmed feed per tooth, so to cut a proper chip you have to feed roughly 1.7 times more, not less.

Feed too little and the edge stops cutting and starts rubbing. Rubbing generates heat without a chip to carry it away, and in stainless it work-hardens the surface ahead of the tool so the next pass is cutting something harder than the material you started with. Most 4-flute tools that die early in stainless died of this.

Four flutes or five

Four is the default. Five is worth it when the cut is light radially and the flute count is what keeps a tooth engaged, or when the job is finishing and the extra edge tightens the cusp pattern.

Five costs chip room, so it belongs in steel and stainless where chips are short, not anywhere the swarf has to travel.

Where four flutes are the wrong choice

Slotting aluminum. At full width the chip has nowhere to go, and four flutes do not give it room. Use 2 flutes, or three on an adaptive path.

Deep pockets in soft material. Same reason - the chip has to travel the whole flute length to get out, and packing it is what breaks the tool.

Plunging. The chip has to come straight back out of the hole being formed, which needs volume rather than edges.

Choosing a 4 flute end mill

Diameter follows the feature and the internal corners it has to produce - 1/8", 3/16", 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2".

Coating matters more here than on any other flute count, because these tools work where it is hot. AlCrN and AlTiN are built to keep hardness at temperature and are the reason a coated tool survives a cut that strips an uncoated one.

Profile: corner radius unless the drawing forbids it. Four flutes will not save a sharp corner - the corner is still the first part of the tool to fail, and a radius is what postpones it.

Buying 4 Flute End Mills from CNCmarket

Prices and stock are on every product page and you can order online without waiting for a quote. Delivery is free across Alberta and we ship anywhere in Canada.

We run our own machine shop in Calgary and cut with these tools ourselves. If a 4-flute cutter is chattering or dying early in stainless, send us the radial engagement, the feed per tooth and the material - it is nearly always one of those two numbers rather than the tool.

4 Flute End Mill

4 Flute End Mills

Keeping a tooth in the cut

Chip thinning: light cuts need more feed, not less

Four flutes or five

Where four flutes are the wrong choice

Choosing a 4 flute end mill

Buying 4 Flute End Mills from CNCmarket

Frequently Asked Questions

4 Flute End Mills

Keeping a tooth in the cut

Chip thinning: light cuts need more feed, not less

Four flutes or five

Where four flutes are the wrong choice

Choosing a 4 flute end mill

Buying 4 Flute End Mills from CNCmarket

Frequently Asked Questions