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Making parts faster doesn’t always mean cheaper
Mark Bos
By Mark Bos In today’s difficult economy, we are all trying to make parts faster and cheaper. Unfortunately, making parts faster is sometimes at odds with making them cheaper. I [...]
Shop Doc – Should I rebuild my Acme?
Dave Johnson
Dear Shop Doc, My Acme-Gridley screw machines have been real money makers over the years, but all that production takes its toll in wear and tear on the machines. Will [...]
Shop Doc: Bent Logo
David Cogswell
Todays’ Machining World Archives March 2008 Volume 04 Issue 03 Dear Shop Doc, We are trying to stamp our company logo on components produced on our CNC Swiss type machines. [...]
Shop Doc – Custom Macro programming
Dan Murphy
Today’s Machining World Archives August 2010 Volume 06 Issue 06 Dear Shop Doc, One of our operators came from another shop and told us that we can use Custom Macro [...]
Shop Doc – When to go Hydromat
Flavio Rovertoni
Dear Shop Doc, We are a new job shop looking to add some equipment. We are wondering whether we should invest in used rotary transfer machines like a Hydromat Legacy [...]
Shop Doc – Justifying Use of a High-Speed-Spindle
Jesse Xi Chen
Dear Shop Doc, We have often heard the high speed machine spindle is expensive and has to be replaced at some point. Can you shed some light on the high [...]
Shop Doc – Micro Beginnings
Peter Bagwell
Dear Shop Doc, I have recently been asked if my shop does “micro” machining. I’ve done some work on small parts recently, but I’m not exactly sure what is meant [...]