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Alan Richter

Alan Richter, a 40-plus-year veteran journalist, has spent the last 25 years covering the metalworking industry for Cutting Tool Engineering and currently serves as its editor-at-large. Contact him at [email protected].

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Salary Survey: A tale of two respondents
Article August 15, 2020 Alan Richter
Salary Survey: A tale of two respondents
CTE used a paid data collection option from SurveyMonkey to gather additional results for the 2020 Benefits and Salary Survey. Get a better understanding of how subscriber results compare with results from the survey service.
A short story about the parabolic flute drill
News March 11, 2020 Alan Richter
A short story about the parabolic flute drill
I received an email from Lynn Fifer, a retired cutting tool professional and CTE reader since 1967, who shared his recollections about the development of the parabolic flute drill. Fifer said the development occurred in 1950s at the old Mohawk Tools Inc., Montpelier, Ohio, well before he started with the toolmaker in 1967.
Making your own cutting tool
News January 10, 2020 Alan Richter
Making your own cutting tool
When making a cutting tool, I tend to think of a drill, endmill or other metalcutting tool being produced on a CNC tool and cutter grinder in a factory. A book by Bradley Richardson, however, describes how to make a different type of cutting tool with manual tools and equipment in a nonproduction environment.

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