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Radicals Revisited
What happens when a progressive job shop melds with Small Town, U.S.A.? The result is an "industrial village" that may represent what contract manufacturing will look like in the next century.
Read MoreDreams Endangered
"He began his shop with one machine in his garage. " It's how a lot of today's prosperous and innovative metalworking companies got their start years ago.
Read MoreA Wire EDM Kind of Guy
If you could be a machine tool, what kind would you be? A lathe? A mill? A grinder? An EDM? (A wire EDM would be my choice). This question isn't as silly as it sounds.
Read MoreAutomated Wire EDM In Action
From the ground up, this new shop was built around the concept of fully automated, fully palletized wire EDM.
Read MoreDNC Puts The Probe To Work
In this robotic machining cell, a custom DNC link "closes the loop" between the machining center's touch probe and the turning center that feeds parts to it.
Read MoreThe Log Cabin Next Door
My office window on the second floor looks out over a 200-year old log cabin. It was built in 1795 or 1796 by Ichabod Miller, one of the earliest settlers in the area.
Read MoreThe Ugliest Olympian
The classical mythology of the ancient Greeks and Romans tells stories of gods and goddesses, but the lessons are about human nature and the mysteries of life. Here is a myth about a hero who had the greatest machine shop of all time.
Read MoreThe Radicals Of Churubusco
Churubusco, Indiana, is home to a job shop that takes a radically different approach to grinding. But then, many things about this shop are radically different.
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