About LMT Onsrud

Built on Decades of Cutting Tool Experience

Since 1946, LMT Onsrud has designed and manufactured precision cutting tools for demanding routing and milling applications. What began as Onsrud Cutter Manufacturing Company has grown into a broad tooling portfolio serving woodworking, plastics, composites, aluminum, aerospace materials, and advanced manufacturing applications.

LMT Onsrud company roots in Libertyville Illinois

Our Roots

LMT Onsrud was founded in Libertyville, Illinois, with an initial product offering of high-speed steel router bits, milling cutters, and carbide-tipped tools.

As customer requirements expanded, so did our capabilities. Decades of application experience have helped shape tooling solutions for wood, plastics, composites, aluminum, and advanced materials.

Our Tools

LMT Onsrud manufactures cutting tools for CNC routers, CNC mills, electric routers, and air routers. Our tooling portfolio includes router bits, solid carbide end mills, specialty drills, and application-specific cutting tools.

These solutions support applications ranging from engineered panels, plastics, and composites to aluminum, titanium, and other demanding ferrous and non-ferrous materials.

LMT Onsrud router bits and cutting tools

Built for Demanding Applications

LMT Onsrud tooling is used across aerospace, defense, marine, medical, woodworking, transportation, and general manufacturing applications.

From natural wood and engineered panels to plastics, honeycomb, composites, aluminum, titanium, and high-temperature alloys, our tooling is engineered to deliver consistent performance, accuracy, surface quality, and productivity.

LMT Onsrud CNC routing and milling applications
LMT Onsrud team and Waukegan Illinois facility

Our Team

LMT Onsrud became part of the LMT Group in 1999 and relocated to its 64,000-square-foot Waukegan, Illinois facility in 2010.

Today, our team continues the company's long-standing focus on cutting tool engineering, manufacturing, application support, and customer service. We work closely with manufacturers to develop tooling solutions for demanding production requirements.