Noah Graff
America the Forgiving
What do Marv Albert, Michael Vick, Eliot Spitzer and A-Rod have in common? They are all disgraced public figures who are or have been recreated as guys we’d love to [...]
One auction in May, the machining world looked brighter
By Lloyd Graff Auction prices today are very hard to figure. I talked at length with Dennis Hoff of Hoff-Hilk Auctioneers about his May 26 sale at Bystrom Precision, a [...]
Inside the Swiss Screw Machine Industry
Paul Huber of Comex comments on the recent Bosch auction in which 75 Escomatics were sold by Asset Sales Corporation. Paul came to the U.S. as a Tornos service engineer [...]
A Plan for Iran
I had a chance to talk to Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board on Sunday. In my opinion, Stephens is one of the most astute observers of [...]
The Advantage of Building Your Own
Derrick Perkins of Liberty Research in Gonic, New Hampshire, has a creative approach to customer acquisition. He targets a long running job which he feels he can refine and [...]
What good is a high school diploma?
At the 2009 Precision Machining Technology Show, Noah Graff interviewed David Holscott, consultant to the Precision Machined Product Association Education Foundation. Holscott said he was pleased with the PMTS show’s [...]
The Ups and Downs of Brass
At last week’s PMTS show Lloyd interviewed Wes Skinner, head of ManthBrownell Corporation, of Kirkville, New York. They discussed the ups and downs of the brass market, now dominated by [...]
Thank God for Guns and Ammo!
By Lloyd Graff With the machining community so riddled with woe at the moment, the guns and ammo boomlet is manna from heaven. It’s a great time to be [...]
The Merit of Ridiculous Decisions
Today’s brutal economy is forcing people to do things they would have thought to be preposterous a year and half ago. In Japan, as unemployment grows to levels not seen [...]
GM's Elmer Fudd
By Lloyd Graff The General Motors train is lumbering toward bankruptcy. Does it give you any comfort that Elmer Fudd in pinstripes, otherwise known as Fritz Henderson, is now running [...]