Peter Zelinski

Peter Zelinski Editor-in-Chief

Just a Touch More Capacity

“Automated” does not have to mean utterly unattended. What many shops need is to find just a little more productive capacity with their existing staff and equipment.

Read More
Turning Machines

Video: Two-Spindle Inverted Vertical Turning

See how Emag's vertical turning center reduces "nebenzeit."

Watch
Grinding

Honing Solves Problem in 1/4-Scale Engine

Gary Conley used honing to solve a problem inside a tiny engine.

Read More
CAD/CAM

Savings from Sustainability

A project aimed at energy-efficient machining delivered production efficiencies, too.

Read More

Bullish on U.S. Machining

An investment fund seeks returns by buying shops and equipping them to succeed.

Read More
Cutting Tools

When Reshoring Really Happens

Bob’s Design Engineering illustrates how a shop that used to be organized for short-run work transformed its process for ongoing production.

Read More

Video: Collaborative Manufacturing = “Cofacturing”

Federated Precision describes the next industrial revolution.

Watch
Turn/Mill

Video: Multitasking Production at Straitline

Straitline Components recently automated the production of its newest product using a machine that is arguably the most versatile in the shop so far—a Doosan nine-axis multitasking turning center.

Read More

Ohio Shop Featured on CNNMoney

Blue Ash Tool & Die appears in a CNNMoney online feature in which business owners were asked to comment on the election outcome.

Read More
Die/Mold

Mold Shop Cures the “Curse of Knowledge”

How do you transfer knowledge from skilled employees to apprentices? Here’s how one shop did it using a Facebook-like sharing system.

Read More

On the Election

Looking for lessons in the November election outcome, here is what I find.

Read More
Turning Machines

Vertical Lathe with 5-Meter Table

Vertical turning centers from MAG are scaled up to meet the demands of North American manufacturing.

Read More
Hyundai WIA SE2600SY
Mastercam 2025 Now Available
Schunk
Horn USA
Methods
Hyundai WIA SE2600SY