Guides for engineers and buyers sourcing machined brass parts.https://brasscncparts.com/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/should-machine-shops-buy-leads/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/should-machine-shops-buy-leads/Bought leads are not marketing and not a customer list. The arithmetic that decides whether they work for your shop, and the four shops they never work for.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/quoting-brass-parts-machine-shop/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/quoting-brass-parts-machine-shop/Brass machines at 100 so it looks easy to quote. The deburring, the gauging and the metal price are where shops lose the margin they thought they had.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/lead-free-brass-shop-capability/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/lead-free-brass-shop-capability/C69300 work hardens and threads differently from C360. What actually changes on the floor, what to charge for it and why buyers ask if you have shipped it.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-shop-capability-profile/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-shop-capability-profile/Most capability profiles say the same nine things and prove nothing. What to write instead, and why naming what you cannot do actually wins you more work.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-cnc-machining-guide/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-cnc-machining-guide/Brass is the easiest metal to machine, so why do brass quotes still come back high? The four places the money actually goes and what to put on the drawing.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/leaded-vs-lead-free-brass/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/leaded-vs-lead-free-brass/C360 machines at 100 and lead-free brass at about 80. When the law makes that choice for you, which lead-free grade to pick and what it costs on the quote.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/rohs-exemption-6c-leaded-brass-2027/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/rohs-exemption-6c-leaded-brass-2027/Exemption 6(c) lets electrical parts use copper alloys up to 4 percent lead. It is set to expire in June 2027. What buyers should be doing about it now.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/nsf-61-372-brass-fittings/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/nsf-61-372-brass-fittings/The 0.25 percent weighted average lead rule, what NSF 61 adds on top, how the weighted average is calculated and what to write on a drinking water drawing.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-alloys-c360-c385-c464/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-alloys-c360-c385-c464/C360, C385, C377, C464, C260 and the lead-free grades compared on machinability, strength and corrosion, with the environment that picks each one for you.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-parts-cost-drivers/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-parts-cost-drivers/How a brass fitting quote is built: bar weight, machine choice, threads, deburring, finishing and quantity. Plus the six drawing changes that lower it.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-rfq-checklist-drawing/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-rfq-checklist-drawing/Most brass RFQs are missing four of these. The checklist that turns a padded estimate into a firm price, plus the two lines that save you the most money.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/how-to-choose-brass-machining-supplier/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/how-to-choose-brass-machining-supplier/Nine questions that separate a shop turning brass every week from one that will learn on your part, and the answers that should make you keep looking.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/swiss-machining-brass-parts/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/swiss-machining-brass-parts/Swiss lathes make a small threaded brass part complete in one operation. The diameter and volume bands where it wins, and what to put on your drawing.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-deburring-cross-holes/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-deburring-cross-holes/Cross holes breaking into a bore leave an internal burr that fails leak tests after assembly. Why brass burrs, how shops remove them and what to specify.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-thread-standards-npt-bspp/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-thread-standards-npt-bspp/NPT wedges, BSPP needs a washer, and BSPT is not NPT. How each thread seals, why they are not interchangeable and what a brass fitting drawing really needs.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/dezincification-resistant-brass/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/dezincification-resistant-brass/Why zinc leaches out of ordinary brass in hot water and seawater, which grades resist it, how ISO 6509 testing works and when to specify DZR or naval brass.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-stress-corrosion-cracking/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-stress-corrosion-cracking/Residual stress plus ammonia equals cracked brass. What causes stress corrosion cracking, which parts are at risk and when to specify a stress relief anneal.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/c360-vs-c260-brass/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/c360-vs-c260-brass/C360 is rated 100 for machinability and C260 is rated 30. What the lead does, why C260 exists at all and how to tell which one your drawing should carry.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-vs-bronze-vs-copper-machining/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-vs-bronze-vs-copper-machining/Three copper alloy families, three different jobs. Machinability, conductivity, strength and corrosion compared, with the question that picks one for you.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-surface-finishes-plating/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-surface-finishes-plating/Tumbling, polishing, lacquer, nickel and chrome on machined brass. What each costs in money and calendar days, and why plating raises the machining spec.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-tolerances-surface-finish/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-tolerances-surface-finish/What brass holds routinely, what costs extra and why a tolerance on every dimension is the most expensive habit on a drawing. With sensible default blocks.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-hot-forging-vs-machining/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-hot-forging-vs-machining/Hot forged brass uses a fraction of the metal and needs a die. Where the crossover sits, which alloys forge and what changes on the drawing when it does.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-material-certificates-en-10204/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-material-certificates-en-10204/2.1, 2.2, 3.1 and 3.2 explained in plain terms, what a mill certificate does and does not prove, and how to ask for one without paying for the wrong thing.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-bar-price-copper-market/https://brasscncparts.com/blog/brass-bar-price-copper-market/Brass is mostly copper bought by weight, so the bar price moves weekly. How quotes are built around that and four ways buyers take the volatility out.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT