Talking Shop

Articles • December 19, 2018 • Alan Richter

Global leader discusses the future and fate of metalworking

Talking Shop: Get an insider's view of our industry in this Q and A with AB Sandvik Coromant's Global President Nadine Crauwels.

Articles • August 24, 2018 • Alan Richter

Company gears up for growth

Aero Gear's Doug Rose discusses machining gears and the company's facility expansion

Articles • January 15, 2018 • Dennis Spaeth

From Single-Task Machines to Backflipping Robots: The Evolution of Robots

The history of robots combines the best of science fiction and real life technology. From Isaac Asimov to modern industrial robots, keep reading to explore the fascinating history of robotics.

Articles • January 6, 2017 • Kip Hanson

A custom grind

Sam Yu, president and owner of Corona, Calif.-based Machine Control Technologies Inc., said he builds specialty tool and cutter grinders in months—and at a fraction the price of competitors' custom grinders.

Articles • July 1, 2016

Q&A: Deep-Hole Drilling

Deep-hole drilling is virtually an art unto itself, with a host of complexities and considerations inherent to the process. Greg Forman, technical director of toolmaker Precision Cutting Tools Inc. (PCT), Santa Fe Springs, Calif., answered questions to provide some insight into drilling holes greater than 5 diameters deep.

Articles • May 1, 2015 • Evan Jones Thorne

Fresh face of manufacturing

The Talking Shop column this month offers a conversation with a fresh "face of manufacturing."

Articles • December 1, 2014 • Evan Jones Thorne

Rocky Mountain innovation

Cutting Tool Engineering Senior Editor Evan Jones Thorne interviews Fauston Tool Corp. Vice President Heidi Hostetter about the company's reputation for innovation.

Articles • June 1, 2014 • Evan Jones Thorne

Automating the impossible

Cutting Tool Engineering Senior Editor Evan Jones Thorne interviews Len Graham of Rexam Mold Manufacturing.

Articles • January 1, 2013

Indiana shop thinks big, creates jobs

This month's Talking Shop turns its attention to an Indiana shop that makes family a priority.

Articles • July 1, 2012

Small shop’s high ideals yield big results

Talking Shop article as published in the July 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Articles • December 1, 2011

A smooth transition into microparts

The Talking Shop column in the December 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering offers an interview with the president of RS Precision Industries. Look for the print article here, as well as a link to more of the interview online.

Articles • April 1, 2011

Productive communication

Talking Shop column from the April 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine presents a conversation with Anderson Leveille, owner of Moscow Mills Manufacturing Services, Stowe, Vt.