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How many of you have used the reader service card inserted in this magazine? Over the years, tens of thousands of you have inquired about products and services presented in Modern Machine Shop. In fact, Modern Machine Shop pioneered the reader service card system for metalworking trade magazines, introducing it in our March 1955 issue.
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What's New In Turret Punch Press Tooling
Fabrication shops are continuously pressured with demands for better delivery, improved quality and tighter tolerances. Tooling plays a major role in accommodating these market-driven demands. Here's how one major supplier is approaching the tooling needs of sheet metal shops.
Read MoreWho's Next?
Recent developments in the cloistered world of federal politics scare me and should scare anyone involved in manufacturing. I'm talking about the recent announcement by our national chief executive that he supports and will use the power of the office of the Presidency to support a class action lawsuit against gun manufacturers on behalf of the public housing authority.
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Shop Adds CNC Grinding To Its Mix
Of all the metalworking processes, grinding is probably the most application specific. In a job shop environment, however, flexibility is the key to successful grinding. Here's a look at how one captive job shop successfully transitioned from manual to CNC grinding while standardizing its grinding process parameters to accommodate the demands of low volume, high mix production requirements.
Read MoreOurs Is A Unique Business Model
By far the best aspect of my job at Modern Machine Shop is the opportunity to get out and meet readers of the magazine. Through plant visits I get to spend time with metalworking professionals who are doing the job well, day in and day out.
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Combination Machines Changing The Toolroom
There's a relatively quiet but relentless change in metalworking toolroom equipment. Handwheels are still there, so manual operation is preserved, but now there is the capacity to operate these machines automatically via CNC or using a combination of manual and CNC. Timing for this additional flexibility is perfect.
Read MoreSchool Days
I recently had the opportunity to visit machine tool builder Toyoda Machine Works in Japan. A part of my visit included a tour of the company's apprenticeship school.
Read MoreDown In The Valley
I was born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia. My dad and mom still live there.
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A Shop's View Of Vertical Turning
Every metalworking application is different. The challenge for shops is matching the appropriate level of technology to the job at hand. Here's how one job shop uses its vertical turning machines to produce large, heavy and tough workpieces for gas turbine engine applications.
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This Job Shop Found Success with Swiss-Type Turning
This northern Ohio job shop is very good at making parts on Swiss-type machines. It's evolved the business from manual engine lathes to lights-out manufacturing. Success didn't come easily, but it has indeed come to this shop.
Read MoreWas Pogo Right?
Many of us have been indoctrinated with the general notion that the world can be easily divided into two major camps—leaders and followers. Leaders run things.
Read More. . . There's More!
As you peruse this special issue of Modern Machine Shop it should be obvious that we are indeed high on high speed machining. Few other metalworking advancements cut as broad a swath across the entire chip-making process.
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