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The cover story for the December 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering examines the unique requirements of machine tools used for cutting composite materials.

The Shop Technology column looks at the significant advances in deep-hole drilling in the October 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Do your homework when adding labor-saving devices to your shop, urges the Shop Technology column in the September 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Solid-carbide end mills with unique cooling channels to enable significant productivity gains.

Semifinished inserts within which PCBN tips are fixed in a steel body via thermal shrink fitting.

For a guy like me who remembers when a landline telephone was the only way for an individual to share information immediately over long distances, today's world of infinite connectedness still has an otherworldly, "Alice in Wonderland" feel to it.

Heavy-duty multitask machine tools provide numerous benefits for producing large, complex components -- when the application is right.

When tool pre setters are integrated into a shop, a key question is who will take the measurements.

Shop Technology columnist Christopher Tate employs equations to enhance cutting efficiency.

The Shop Technology column in the July 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine covers the importance of understanding cutting equations to gain production efficiency.