This week we celebrate turkey day, or Thanksgiving for those who prefer more classical phrasing. While we all love our families and are thankful for good health and good food, there are some things that machinists seem to be specifically thankful for.
I’m sure I missed a few things here, but here’s my shortlist of what machinists tend to be thankful for…
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Believe it or not, all things mechanical fail or need replacing at some point. Can’t afford to have your machines down for a day or two? Don’t panic!
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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.
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Thread milling can present a machinist with many challenges. While thread mills are capable of producing threads with relative ease, there are a lot of considerations that machinists must make prior to beginning the job in order to gain consistent results …
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If you can’t find it, you don’t really own it. When organization isn’t a shop priority, it costs time — and time = money.
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Next week is the International Manufacturing Trade Show, IMTS, which is the world’s largest manufacturing trade show event. This show is huge, and the days can be long. There is so much to see that you don’t want to miss anything. So, here are some tips on how to survive IMTS 2018!
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It’s a real heartbreaker to pull out a tool you haven’t looked at in a while and discover it has rust. Nasty stuff. I live within sight of the ocean, so my shop is particularly susceptible. That’s made me a believer in rust protection.
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Right out of the gate, I have to tell you that I have never machined a part or set up a CNC machine. I am a mechanical engineer by trade. So I had to do lots of reading, make lots of phone calls, and I needed patience to make this happen …
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