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Manager's Desk, Back to Basics, Part Time, Get with the Program, Machinists' Corner

Turn/grind machines are engineered to simultaneously cut costs and boost productivity.

Productivity increases through advancements in boring tool designs.

Companies that produce high quantities of holes.

Weathering the 'offshoring' storm

Guidelines and considerations when selecting a media for mass finishing.

Heavy-metal boring bars are for finishing holes too deep for lower-cost steel bars but not deep enough to justify the expense of carbide one.

Thread rolling can produce helical forms accurately and economically.

Manager's Desk, Back to Basics, Part Time, Talking Points, Get With the Program, Machinists' Corner

There is more to recoating cutting tools than meets the eye.

Lasers continue to make inroads into machine shops.

A rigid machining system is the key to success when hard turning.

Manager's Desk, Back to Basics, Part Time and Ask The Grinding Doc from October 2004.

Toolmakers tout the benefits of variable-helix endmills.

Rolling worm forms: overview and advantages.

The pros and cons of graphite and copper electrodes for sinker EDMing.

Plastic auto parts continue to supplant metal ones.

peel grinding, making automotive parts, cylindrical parts, grinding wheels

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems gain ground in the automotive sector.

Customization is changing the aluminum-wheel market.