Developing a personal learning attitude
Shop Operations column for March 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Topic
People & Companies
Efficient office space improves shop
Manager's Desk column from March 2010 Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Beyond the ROI calculation
A rational approach to machine tool selection.
A time to get personal
Manager's Desk column by Keith Jennings.
A change in plans
Manager's Desk column from the January 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
External thread milling
Productive Times. End user: Mitchel & Scott Machine Co. Challenge: Cut thread milling cycle time. Solution: A shell-type thread milling cutter head. Solution provider: JBO-USA, (248) 879-5984.
Silver lining at the end of a crazy year
Manager's Desk column for December 2009 issue.
The new ‘carbide’ saw
Production and application of cermet-tipped circular saw blades continues to grow, eating into carbide's market share.
Where taps fear to thread
A growing number of shops are shelving their taps and opting to thread mill heat-treated steel.
True upgrade
Produced as an online complement to the October 2009 Productive Times article in Cutting Tool Engineering, this brief video looks at Myles Tool's decision to use a wheel truing machine from Rush Machinery.
Electrifying prototypes
Ability to machine intricate geometries and hard materials drives growing use of wire EDM prototyping.
Flute insurance
Engineered coating combinations control heat and keep chips flying in dry-drilling operations.