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Is It Good: Conicity Technologies
William Shaffer, vice president of Conicity Technologies, Latrobe, Pa., worked as a machine designer for many years. In the 1990s he became curious about tool failure modes and developed an [...]
Life After Carbs, I’m Now Ready to Lose the Weight
How do you change a habit, a behavior, a life pattern? I have been a lifelong food abuser—eating an American diet rich in fat, simple carbohydrates and refined sugars. I [...]
Shop Doc: Trouble with Deflection on CNC Swiss
Dear Shop Doc, We are trying to run a variety of very small parts on a 20 mm gang tool CNC Swiss and are having trouble with deflection when cross [...]
Interview with Chicago Bulls Psychologist Dr. Steven Julius
Dr. Steven Julius, also known as Dr. J, has served as team psychologist for the Chicago Bulls since 1988. He is also the founder of the Human Resource Consulting Group, [...]
Only God Knows What This Machine Is Worth
Two and a half months ago I jumped from working full time at Today’s Machining World into the wild laissez-faire world that is the used machinery business. One thing that [...]
I’m Too Busy
Sometimes I find something that just hits me and strikes a chord with my heart. A few days ago these lines made me slow down and connect with life. How [...]
Thread-rolling
Dear Shop Doc, We have always performed single point threading for external threads on our CNC lathes, but lately we have been receiving more requests for rolled threads, especially from [...]
Milling Dollars Baby – Manufacturing Filmmaking Accessories
Ten minutes into my interview with Jens Bogehegn and Steve Weiss, the co-founders and owners of Zacuto USA, a filmmaking accessories manufacturer in downtown Chicago, they break off on a [...]
High School Reunions – To Go or Not To Go
A reunion is one of those odd human events that evokes distant memories of triumph and sadness. I think we choose to attend one if the sadness is sufficiently buried [...]