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Machining Industry Scuttlebutt
By Lloyd Graff After a devastating year which saw sales drop 70 percent for major world machine tool builders, well capitalized firms like Mori Seiki and DMG are contemplating building [...]
Is Today’s Young Workforce Overconfident?
By Noah Graff The Atlantic Monthly recently posted a vlog by San Diego State University professor Jean Twenge in which she discusses her theories about the inflated self-esteem of today’s [...]
Need a Little CNC Help From My Friends
By Lloyd Graff Hans Peters needs some help. He recently bought a machining business with several late model Citizen CNC Swiss-type lathes. He has business, but his key setup and [...]
Afterthought – War Torn
by Lloyd Graff
I have never written about my military career, but Robert Strauss’s piece is the impetus forme to come to grips with it in print.
Losing My Bearings
by: Lloyd Graff
“Where have all the bearings gone?” This is the sad refrain of anybody looking to rebuild a machine whose mechanical joints depend on Timken tapered roller bearings. As far as…
A Start-up Machining Business
By Lloyd Graff They say tough times are the best ones to start a business, and Zach Peterson hopes to build his new machining company, Sodak Machining Inc., near Rapid [...]
Editor’s Note: Selling on Love
by: Lloyd Graff
When you sell hope and compassion for a beloved companion you are not competing by the penny. Eddie and Leslie Grinnell have built a business and a life since 1989 by attending to the needs of ailing dogs, their anguished owners and the animal healing community.
Driving Lessons
By: Lloyd Graff
I’ve watched the golf movie Tin Cup a dozen times, and every time I view it I love it more. Kevin Costner plays Roy McAvoy, a broken-down golf pro relegated to giving lessons at a driving range in armadillo-infested Salome, Texas.
Undercover Boss
By Noah Graff Sunday night, after the Super Bowl, I watched the premier of the new CBS reality show “Undercover Boss.” I have to say I was quite moved by [...]
Obama’s Subsidies will Benefit Foreign Manufacturing more than Us
By Lloyd Graff The cross currents of job growth, environmental protection, energy and raw material security for the United States make for a public policy jumble. The Obama administration is [...]