Peter Zelinski

Peter Zelinski Editor-in-Chief

Turn/Mill

More Efficient Turbine Blade Milling

Video shows a multitasking machine milling a turbine blade in a cycle that few machining centers could replicate.

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Job Shop for Work that Can’t Be Jobbed Out

An assortment of parts produced at the Warner Robins shop Some of the more interesting job shops we find are not technically “job shops” at all.

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Five-Axis

Video: High Speed Milling—900 ipm

Demonstation illustrates the kind of metal removal rate that is possible in aluminum at dynamically stable speeds.

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High Speed Machining's Origin Moment

An important episode for high speed machining illustrates one of the most underappreciated aspects of the value of manufacturing.

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Modern Machine Shop Blog Goes Live

Our audience is changing—seeking information across a growing range of media.

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Dial Down or Dial Up?

Vibration analysis may be the machining center’s missing piece. If you haven’t performed this analysis on your high speed machine, you probably don’t know what the machine can do.

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The Promise of "High Cube" Machining

Tool paths and a new tool design provide an alternative to high speed machining for achieving high metal removal rates in hard metals on lighter-duty machines.

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Aerospace

Video: Milling Inconel 718 Efficiently Without a Heavy Machine

This video of machining Inconel at a fast metal removal rate shows the effect of constant-engagement-angle milling.

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CAD/CAM

Video: Milling Titanium 6-4 Efficiently Without a Heavy Machine

This video of machining titanium at a fast metal removal rate shows the effect of constant-engagement-angle milling.

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The Part as Art

A display case of sample parts is typical for contract shops. D1 Mold & Tool goes much further.

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Basics

When to Mill Keeps Changing

Technology improvements steadily expand the range of tool and die parts that justify high speed machining.

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Stimulus, One Year Later

Hundreds of billions of dollars have been tried. Now try happiness.

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