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Let’s talk shop safety! We live in a world where safety can be over-emphasized in some situations and under-emphasized in others.  Let’s talk about real-world shop safety to keep eyes, ears, and fingers in tact!

April is an exciting time for robotics around the office at Tormach. We’re helping the kids competing at FIRST Robotics

10 Things No One tells You About Machining including: Using ER collets, Runout, Tools that deflect the cut, Where to use Never-Seez, Inserts can crack, Machines aren’t perfect, G30, You can do most machining with basic tools, Speeds and feeds are easy, and how to find your Tool 31.

When most of us hear the word acrobat, we think of high-flying trapeze or people doing crazy stunts in precarious locations. Believe it or not, there’s an industry for creating the stuff that those crazy performers use everyday.

It’s been said time and again that adding hands-on experiences in the classroom make it easier to learn and understand, especially in the worlds of manufacturing and engineering. Matias Perret is an instructor at the College of Engineering at the University of Iowa, and he has used both a PCNC 770 and a PCNC 440 to give his students …