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Basics
The New Rules of Cutting Tools — Rule #1: Do More With Your Machine
The tooling has the potential to transform the process.
Read MoreThe New Rules of Cutting Tools — Rule #2: Demand App Expertise
The support of a knowledgeable tool supplier should be part of what you purchase with the tool.
Read MoreHow To Machine Composites, Part 2: The Cutting Tool, Workholding and Machine Tool
In carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), the material removal mechanism is shattering instead of shearing. This makes it different from other machining applications.
Read MoreHow To Machine Composites, Part 3 -- Milling Composites
Diamond shines for this shop when it mills composites.
Read MoreHow To Machine Composites, Part 4 -- Drilling Composites
Achieving acceptable tool life and hole quality in a material such as CFRP demands a drill designed with composites in mind.
Read MoreHow To Machine Composites, Part 5 -- Waterjet Cutting
For trimming composite parts, this shop describes where it uses machining centers and where it uses waterjet.
Read MoreWhy Not Ask Why?
Manufacturing can be downright instructive. The more useful concepts in manufacturing can be applied directly to our own lives. Take the distinction between roughing and finishing, for example. In manufacturing and in life, the key to effectiveness is not necessarily finesse, but knowing where the fine
Read MoreHow To Make Manufacturing Succeed
A machine shop owner turned to me for reassurance that U.S. manufacturing would remain strong. I didn’t know what to tell him. I do have confidence in U.S. manufacturing—plenty of confidence. However, that is not what he really wanted. He was concerned about his own fortunes. The problem was, the specialty machini
Read MoreSo Your Qualified Plan Is A Tax Trap - Here’s How To Escape
Do you have a significant amount of money ($400,000 or more) in one or more qualified plans—an IRA, profit-sharing plan, 401(k) or others? This is a bittersweet subject. It is bitter if you don’t know how to legally avoid the tax-robbing laws that enrich the IRS, and it’s sweet if you implement one or more of the
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