Shop Doc
Shop Doc – Damaged Taps
Today’s Machining World Archives December 2007 Volume 03 Issue 12 Dear Shop Doc, Our company has been processing a family of parts made from high strength, low alloy, 60 and [...]
Shop Doc – Tool Holder
Todays Machining World Archives June 2007 Volume 03 Issue 06 Dear Shop Doc, There is this tool holder in our Brown & Sharpe tool crib that is some type of [...]
Shop Doc – Tapped Out
Today’s Machining World Archive: May 2007, Vol.3, Issue 05 Dear Shop Doc, We can’t accurately control the depth of the tap on our CNC Swiss lathe. The type of component [...]
Shop Doc – Thread
Today’s Machining World Archive: April 2007, Vol.3, Issue 04 We are a Davenport shop having a problem doing a 1/4 -20 thread in 303 stainless steel. No matter what we [...]
Shop Doc – Call of Confusion
Today’s Machining World Archive: March 2007, Vol.3, Issue 03 Dear Shop Doc, We are a job shop manufacturing turned parts on screw machines and CNC lathes for a variety of [...]
Shop Doc – Concentric Battle
Today’s Machining World Archive: February 2007, Vol.3, Issue 02 Dear Shop Doc, One of the most difficult applications we encounter on the shop floor is machining short parts on our [...]
Shop Doc – Tripping Along
Today’s Machining World Archive: January 2007, Vol.3, Issue 01 Dear Shop Doc, We usually run our Brown & Sharpe machines at cycles less than 30 seconds. I was setting a [...]
Shop Doc – Off-Center
Today’s Machining World Archive: October 2006 Vol.2, Issue 10 Dear Shop Doc, In our shop, we have a debate as to what type of tool is the most effective for [...]
Shop Doc – Holding Tight
Today’s Machining World Archive: June 2006, Vol.2, Issue 06 Dear Shop Doc, I have a customer who needs me to hold a .0005 tolerance ID on a part made with [...]
Shop Doc – Loose Ends
Today’s Machining World Archive: August 2006 Vol.2, Issue 08 Dear Shop Doc, I have a medium sized turret type 2-axis CNC lathe. I followed the tips regarding the laydown threading [...]