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Shop Doc – Rotational Error When Milling Hex Stock
Dear Shop Doc, Dear Shop Doc. I’m milling a slot along the length of the part on .875 aluminum hex parts with a Mitsubishi M635 controlled Citizen-Cincom C32. In the [...]
Centerless Grinding 101 with Romas Juodvalkis
By Lloyd and Noah Graff In April of 2010 Lloyd and Noah Graff interviewed Romas Juodvalkis, owner of Allways Precision, a rebuilder of centerless grinders, to get an education on [...]
Distribution and Manufacturing: Marriage Made in Heaven?
I see a mini-trend developing in the consolidation of companies in distribution and Hydromat machining companies. A major automotive supplier whose core business process is rotary transfer turning of steel [...]
One on One with Rick Harrison of “Pawn Stars”
Rick Harrison started the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop on the outskirts of Las Vegas with his father, Richard, in 1988. The shop is one of the most successful pawn [...]
Don’t Say You’re Sorry
A few years ago, I was playing a doubles tennis match and after missing an easy shot I said to my partner Archie that I was sorry. He then told [...]
Shop Doc – Bent Logo
Dear Shop Doc, We are trying to stamp our company logo on components produced on our CNC Swiss type machines. In the past we’ve had no problems, but we’ve recently [...]
Is Elon Musk the Next Steve Jobs?
Is Elon Musk, the head of Tesla Motors, the Steve Jobs of cars? Is his all-electric line of autos going to revolutionize the industry? Can one man with a vision [...]
Shop Doc: Rust Protection
Dear Shop Doc, We’re an extrusion equipment manufacturer shipping extrusion barrels reaching 10-12 feet in length. For rust prevention we have been applying cosmolines and oils using a long, makeshift [...]
Shop Doc – Call of Confusion
Dear Shop Doc, We are a job shop manufacturing turned parts on screw machines and CNC lathes for a variety of customers and industries. On parts with multiple diameters some [...]
Shop Doc – Tripping Along
Dear Shop Doc, We usually run our Brown & Sharpe machines at cycles less than 30 seconds. I was setting a stainless steel job at 120 seconds and my turret [...]