Videos

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, Cutting Tool Engineering magazine’s “Ask the Grinding Doc” columnist, shares a number of photos taken at extreme magnification to reveal wheel wear and much more in the the 35th episode of our Grinding Doc Video Series. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

A shop that grinds tungsten carbide with resin-bonded diamond wheels asked Dr. Jeffrey Badger for help to settle a disagreement over how hard to stick the wheel. Plus, now that there are machines with auto-stickers, shop staffers are even more confused. Badger offers some suggestions in the 34th episode of The Grinding Doc Video Series.

Dr. Jeffrey Badger helps a shop determine an appropriate material-removal rate in this 33rd episode of The Grinding Doc video series. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

Shop Ingenuity is the first in a planned series of video reports featuring shop innovations. In the debut episode, Cutting Tool Engineering visits with CNC Supervisor Jeffrey Johnson at Tuttle Manufacturing in Barrington, IL. Johnson set out to improve the production time for a part that the shop has been running every other month for a customer who continues to increase the order each time.

Using its Crazy Drill Cool SST-Inox, Mikron Corp. Monroe demonstrates fast drilling in stainless steel, heat-resistant superalloys and more.

A shop asks Dr. Jeffrey Badger about applying Norton SG grits in the 74th episode of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc video series.

This CTE+ report offers a first-hand account of how two 5-axis CNC milling machines from Hurco North America's helped Mast Motorsports replace some technologically obsolete production equipment.

There was plenty to see, eat, drink, learn and hear at the United States Cutting Tool Institute's (www.uscti.com) 2016 Fall Meeting, held Oct. 15-17 at the Omni Royal hotel in New Orleans, writes Cutting Tool Engineering Publisher Don Nelson.

In episode 31, Dr. Jeffrey Badger fields a question from a shop truing its diamond wheels offline, then remounting them onto the non-tapered spindle without using an adapter. The shop is wondering whether its tight wheel tolerances negate the need for an adapter. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

I’ve been playing around with all these calculations, but they’re a hassle on the shop floor. What can I do? Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

A shop asks Dr. Jeffrey Badger, our Grinding Doc columnist, if it is really necessary to rotate the dressing diamond. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

During rotary plunge dressing, a shop worker is dwelling 2 seconds and would like to know if that’s about the right amount of time. Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger suggests it isn’t a matter of time. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.