General Shop Equipment & Supplies

Mike Principato's Manager's Desk, Back to Basics on milling machine vises, Blueprint Brainteaser, Part Time, Machining Tips, Ask the Grinding Doc

Understanding how a drill point's geometric features work together helps users optimize their drilling operations.

Descriptions of metalcutting-related products and services.

Developments in rare-earth magnetic chucks.

Using on-machine inspection to check part quality can reduce lead times.

Mike Principato's Manager's Desk, Back to Basics on Swiss-style turning essentials, Part Time on manufacturing housings, Talking Points and Ask the Grinding Doc

Coatings for superabrasives help improve grinding wheel performance.

CTE's Web site review is a handy reference for readers looking for metal cutting and grinding products and services being promoted and offered on the Internet. Here you'll find the URLs of qualifying CTE advertisers, as well as thumbnails of their home pages and product line descriptions. Each entry also includes the company's phone number.

The Schleifring Grinding Symposium 2005 presented the latest in grinding technology.

Some of the factors to consider when looking into machining medical parts.

A look inside a company that specializes in making tools for cutting bone.

Advances in abrasive waterjet machining have encouraged a growing number of shops to adopt the technology.