Design & Engineering

Articles • July 21, 2025

Process Capability

Process capability is a valuable concept used by automotive manufacturers that machine shops should consider adopting to improve productivity.

Articles • July 21, 2025

Lauding Light Cutting

If a milling strategy comes along that promises critical advantages like higher productivity & longer tool life, it should be no surprise shops flock to it

Articles • July 21, 2025

Grinding Fatigue

The Grinding Doc reviews a recent finding that bad grinding caused an Alaska Air Boeing 737's landing gear to fail during landing on Aug. 30, 2023.

Articles • July 21, 2025

Thread Milling Machining Parameters

While delving into thread milling for this column, Brandt Taylor met and learned something new from an EMUGE-FRANKEN expert on high-volume production.

Articles • July 21, 2025

Platinum Tooling Showroom Tour

Platinum Tooling showroom at its distribution facility intended to help industry visitors learn more about its lines of precision machine tool accessories.

Articles • June 26, 2025

Supplemental digital content for ‘Let Precision Be Your Guide’

This page features the supplemental digital content associated with the "Let Precision Be Your Guide" feature article in the June/July 2025 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine. Embedded below are brief videos about Swiss-style machining technology from INDEX Corp. and MAZAK Corp.

Articles • June 26, 2025

Supplemental digital content for ‘Smarter Setups’ article

This page features the supplemental digital content associated with the "Smarter Setups" feature article in the June/July 2025 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine. Embedded below are brief videos focused on tool presetter technology from Lyndex-Nikken, Haimer USA and BIG DAISHOWA. Also included are links to the online presetter ROI calculators offered by Lyndex-Nikken and BIG DAISHOWA. The calculators are there to help shops estimate the time it will take a presetter to pay for itself in cost savings once it is implemented.

Articles • June 18, 2025 • Brandt Taylor

Intro To Thread Milling

Thread milling offers an alternative to tapping, ideal for large diameters and tough materials, with advantages in control and flexibility.

Articles • April 19, 2025 • Brandt Taylor

Patent Primer – The Process

Machinist's Corner columnist Brandt Taylor walks readers through the key steps involved in applying for a utility patent.

Articles • April 19, 2025 • Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Varying The Workpiece Rpm

A shop asks the Grinding Doc to explain whether the option to vary the workpiece rpm on its cylindrical grinding machine is legit, and how it works.

Articles • March 26, 2025

Evolution Of The Toolholder

Kistler Instrument Corp. provides a piezoelectric dynamometer to a toolholder maker requiring accurate measurements to advance its solutions.

Articles • March 26, 2025 • Christopher Tate

Skip Machine Tool Bluster

Skip the hype and focus on profitability when shopping for the best machine tool for your shop.