January 2010
Articles in this issue
Cranking out savings
Productive Times on Tulsa Machine Works Inc., 918-834-0911. Challenge: Reduce tooling costs when milling crankshafts. Solution: Tool repair and modification se…
Peck-B-Gone
Productive Times on Sun Manufacturing Co., 832-448-http://www.ctemag.com/aa_pages/2012/1201, www.sun-mfg.com. Challenge: Efficiently drill through-holes in 413…
Personalizing putters
Productive Times feature Kevin Burns Golf, 408-244-7768, www.kbputters.com. Challenge: Maximize productivity and minimize tool breakage when roughing custom pu…
Ya gotta wanna
Machinist's Corner column from January 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Simulating tool functionality
Get With The Program column from January 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Walk the line
Part Time column from the January 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Fastening methods
Shop Operations column from January 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Accelerate into HSM
Machine Technology column from the January 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
A change in plans
Manager's Desk column from the January 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
A world of skills
Youth skills training for machinists takes place in schools with metalworking programs and in connection with competitions, such as WorldSkills.
The fix is in
Indexable-insert tool repair can require a lot more than a manual machine. CNC machines and inspection equipment are often needed to effectively refurbish tool…
Why Shops Are Replacing Gundrills with Solid-Carbide Drills
A growing number of machine shops are switching from gundrills to solid-carbide drills for deep-hole applications.
Easy to be hard
Milling plastics is just easy enough to be difficult.
Finish line
Finishing hardened workpieces on multitask machines that provide grinding and hard turning and/or hard milling capabilities can prove beneficial.