Machine Your Own
A step-by-step approach to machining collets and jaws for lathe workholders.
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Feature Article
Hard Choices
Advances in grinding technology gives manufacturers more ways to produce hardened parts.
CACE Study
Computer-aided cost estimating can help optimize an OEM's or supplier's business in numerous ways.
Flight Plan
Seven-axis machining allows one propeller manufacturer to eliminate variability and trim production time.
Cutting Cavities and Costs
Recent offerings help moldmakers boost productivity.
Best Cost Scenario
It may be penny-wise to refurbish PCD cutting tools, but it also may be productivity-foolish.
Down to Size
There is an alternative to threading small-diameter holes with taps--using a thread mill.
Force Field
Getting a grip with electropermanent workholding.
Cutting CGI PDQ
A rotary cutter permits high-speed machining of compacted graphite iron.
Slippery When Blue
A coating system that combines a patented surface impingement process and tungsten disulfide prolongs cutting tool life, but does it promote faster speeds?
The Skinny on Microdrills
The correct application of microdrills requires attention of numerous operational parameters.
The P/M Edge
Powder-metal endmills: the tougher roughers.