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Articles • July 12, 2018 • Kip Hanson

For this shop, it’s about more than making parts

Western Precision Products backs up its commitment to high-quality service and a top-notch customer experience by investing in the equipment and technology to get the job done.

Articles • July 10, 2018 • William Leventon

Good machines can come in small packages

There are relatively small, budget-friendly machines on the market that might meet your needs.

Articles • July 5, 2018 • Keith Jennings

Get the word out on your shop

Are you positioned to be found when someone urgently needs a shop? If not, positioning your shop to be found is what's important

Articles • July 3, 2018 • Dennis Spaeth

Leap of Faith

Owning a print magazine such as Cutting Tool Engineering may not seem like a natural move for someone who has served as its electronic media editor for the past 11 years, but then jumping headlong into the great unknown is kind of a thing with me.

Articles • July 2, 2018

Honing provides benefits for all types of tools

Honing the edge of a cutting tool improves tool life, improves workpiece surface finish, reduces spindle load and reduces overall manufacturing cost.

Articles • June 22, 2018

Sports R&D company adds VMC

Looking to streamline its process and improve part quality, Automated Design Corp. moved into a facility that enabled it to set up a machine shop.

Articles • June 21, 2018

Natural disaster plan a must

While everyone hopes for the best, it's smart to plan for the worst. There are five areas of a manufacturing business that should be evaluated to stay prepared for whatever may come your way.

Articles • June 20, 2018

Gaining control of a blanchard grinder

Adding a CNC to a Blanchard grinder makes the machine easier to operate and maintain.

Articles • June 19, 2018 • Kip Hanson

Avoiding Workholding Woes

Whether a fixture is hydraulic, pneumatic or mechanical, or whether it's built internally or subcontracted to others, it's important to understand your true costs and to consider workholding early in the part-design process.

Articles • June 12, 2018 • Christopher Tate

Despite its advantages, new technology isn’t always embraced

To ensure success of productivity-enhancing technology, shops and other manufacturers must understand and take into account the four main areas of the acquisition process: problem definition, conceptualization, implementation and realization.

Articles • June 10, 2018 • Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Getting a chatter diagnosis

Puzzled by the appearance of a choppy, spiral-shaped set of chatter marks showing up on a workpiece, a shop sought a diagnosis from Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., who writes the Ask the Grinding Doc column in Cutting Tool Engineering.

Articles • June 8, 2018 • Kip Hanson

Shop-floor data analysis not negotiable

Like it or not, Industry 4.0 is here. The networked nature of our cars, appliances and, yes, machine tools will only increase. Choosing to ignore that fact won't keep you from producing parts, but it could mean that at least some of those parts end up being produced at a more efficient, technologically savvy machine shop.