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GET /v1/materials

Cutting speed reference

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/machining-api/v1/materials" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/machining-api/v1/materials", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/machining-api/v1/materials");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/machining-api/v1/materials",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "note": "Indicative carbide cutting speeds (Vc, m/min). For HSS tooling use roughly one third. Always confirm with the tool maker's data and adjust for depth of cut, coolant and rigidity.",
        "cutting_speed_m_min_carbide": {
            "wood": 400,
            "brass": 200,
            "bronze": 120,
            "copper": 150,
            "acrylic": 200,
            "plastic": 250,
            "aluminum": 300,
            "titanium": 30,
            "aluminium": 300,
            "cast_iron": 80,
            "mild_steel": 100,
            "tool_steel": 50,
            "alloy_steel": 70,
            "carbon_steel": 90,
            "hardened_steel": 40,
            "stainless_steel": 60
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-04T01:59:05.824Z",
        "request_id": "1725504d-a049-477a-b5be-83a38b1b3e7c"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Cutting speed reference",
    "success": true
}