Peter Zelinski Editor-in-Chief

Basics 2 Sep 2006

Today’s Worries And Tomorrow’s Wealth

How much government do you want? Invariably, you live with the answer that the past has chosen. Our current decade has introduced me to a political stance I’ve come to think of as “fair-weather libertarianism.

Toolholders 28 Aug 2006

Toward More Seamless MQL

One of the small perils of a new technology is that it often involves new steps or new considerations that present special opportunities for error. Minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) is a technology that exemplifies this point.

1 Aug 2006

The Reality Business

Not long ago, I had this thought: I wondered whether we might need a different term to describe the work we do. In a column such as this, I thought I might propose an alternative.

Workforce Development 1 Jul 2006

When The Labor Disappears

Evaluating the strength of U. S.

Milling Tools 14 Jun 2006

The Real Cost Of Runout

A seemingly small amount of runout can still be too large for the tool. Reduce this runout, and tool life or productivity may dramatically increase.

CNC & Machine Controls 14 Jun 2006

Cut Faster To Save Energy Cost

High speed machining and other control-related technologies offer real potential for reduced energy costs.

Turn/Mill 14 Jun 2006

Succeeding Beyond A Specialty

This shop watched its chosen niche become less profitable. Its response was a dramatic investment in new equipment, along with an information-related change that has made all of the shop’s equipment more cost-effective.

1 Jun 2006

We’re All In This Together

Company culture is real. It has a definite effect on the success of a business.

Aerospace 3 May 2006

A Two-Speed Approach To Plunge Roughing

In plunge roughing, the strategy is in the stepover. Here is a plunge roughing strategy that has worked well for Boeing researchers.

Five-Axis 3 May 2006

Thinking Big

This shop specifies large machine tools for the machining possibilities of the future. To prepare for the feed rates the shop expects to use one day, the latest large gantry mills apply linear motors on all three linear axes.

1 May 2006

Doom, Gloom And The Repercussions

For a phrase that just drips with dread and gloominess, try “U. S.

Basics 2 Apr 2006

The College Question

I think about college at about this time every year. Specifically, I think about my daughter’s education, because tax time is when I see how much money is left over that might go to her college account.