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Take Pride in Your Fixtures
The rack of fixtures in many shops might look like random hardware, but often it is actually shelf upon shelf of invention.
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The Right Message?
Are promises of riches the right way to draw people into manufacturing careers?
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The Case for Custom Fixturing
Photos of custom fixtures illustrate the types of applications that call for non-standard workholding.
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CNC Machining on the Radio
MMS Editor Pete Zelinski spoke with public radio's Dustin Dwyer about CNC machining. Listen to the podcast from the “Changing Gears” project.
Read MoreNo Lie, Love Will Win
The pitches on behalf of manufacturing careers are often short-sighted.
Read MoreFirst Impressions Aren’t the Last Word
Part of the case for manufacturing relates to people.
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United Grinding Celebrates 30 Years in Virginia Location
United Grinding recently celebrated 30 years in its Fredericksburg, Virginia location with a ribbon-cutting event opening a newly expanded and renovated facility.
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The Tooling Cloud: Today and Tomorrow
Blue Swarf has developed the “Tooling Cloud,” a digital hub to help shops aggregate tool-related information.
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New Video: Five-Axis Machining of Simple Parts
A job shop owner talks about five-axis machining and feature-based programming at Padgett Machine.
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Innovate Faster with In-House Manufacturing
"The Edge Factor's" tour of judges recently visited Cane Creek Cycling Components to discuss the company's decision to bring previously outsourced machining work back in-house.
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A Big-Picture View of Micromachining
Matrix Tooling makes injection molds for components that have features you cannot see.
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Targeted Five-Axis Machining
Focusing on a particular part size range allows this shop to use a versatile type of five-axis machine tool. Five-axis machining now makes up 40 percent of the shop’s business.
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