Columns
Origins: Da Vinci’s Machines
With Alan Earls Today’s Machining World Archives May 2011 Volume 07 Issue 04 Today’s Machining World’s feature “Origins” tells the stories of how successful technologies, companies and people got [...]
Problems Turning Tiny Parts on CNC Swiss
Dear Shop Doc, We have a CNC Swiss that we use to turn very small precise parts. When a part has several different diameters I notice that when one diameter [...]
Shop Doc – Flaking in the Threads with Brass Parts
This question about Wickman threading attachments came from Bob Schneeberger of LD McCauley in Orchard Park, NY. BOB’S QUESTION: Our client needs a thin walled brass part. My screw machine [...]
Shop Doc – Improving Surface Finish
Today’s Machining World Archives June 2011 Volume 07 Issue 05 Dear Shop Doc, We are turning a part made from PEEK (polyetheretherketone plastic) and need an 8 Ra surface finish [...]
Interview: William Pizer, Economist and expert on environmental and climate change
William Pizer is a highly regarded economist. At the time of this interview he was Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future, a think-tank in Washington D.C., which does research [...]
One on One – Dr. Dennis Hong
Dr. Dennis Hong is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech and the director of the Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa). He is also faculty advisor for the [...]
One on One – Ron Dolecek
Today’s Machining World Archive: April 2010 Vol. 6, Issue 03 Ron Dolecek owns and operates Lucky Devil Tattoo in Wichita, Kansas. He’s been creating body art since 1988, and [...]
One on One with Hubble Telescope Astronaut Mike Good
Interview by Noah Graff Today’s Machining World Archives October 2010 Volume 06 Issue 08 Astronaut Mike Good was a mission specialist on the fifth and final space shuttle servicing [...]
One on One: James Epolito, Pres. Of the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
Interview by Noah Graff Today’s Machining World Archives October 2006 Volume 02 Issue 10 James Epolito is President and CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), a 265-person operation [...]
Ethics: Web Site Wandering
By Russell Ethridge Today’s Machining World Archives December 2006 Volume 2 Issue 12 Since you are responsible for information technology, this is your business, and ignoring it constitutes a dereliction [...]