Technology
Problems Turning Tiny Parts on CNC Swiss
Dear Shop Doc, We have a CNC Swiss that we use to turn very small precise parts. When a part has several different diameters I notice that when one diameter [...]
Apple Makes Precision Machining Cool
By Noah Graff I’m what people would call an “Apple guy.” I only buy mac computers, own Apple stock, and my iPhone and I are inseparable. The fourth generation iPhone [...]
A Machining Company Thrives With Web Promotion
Brian Pendarvis of Anaheim says he hasn’t felt the recession. His company, Pendarvis Manufacturing grew despite the softening that battered almost everybody else in the machining game. He attributes his [...]
Is Efficiency Sometimes Unhealthy?
By Noah Graff For the May issue of Today’s Machining World, I interviewed Carl Hoffman, author of the new book, the Lunatic Express. The book chronicles Hoffman’s travels throughout Asia, [...]
Looking for a Davenport for My Living Room
By Lloyd Graff Alan Bentsen needs a Davenport for his living room. The piece he’s searching for has four legs and weighs around 3000 pounds—without cushions. During the day, Alan [...]
The Life of a Helicopter
By Noah Graff March 6, Olaf Tessarzyk, Managing Partner/President of ZPS America, test flew a Uh1-H Huey 563 helicopter he helped build as part of the Indiana Air Search and [...]
New Bone Screws Could Make it Hard For CNC Swiss Guys
By Noah Graff Great news for people with broken legs, but perhaps terrible news for the guys manufacturing titanium and stainless steel bone screws on CNC Swiss. According to an [...]
Industry Scuttlebutt
Jim Rowe, one of Today’s Machining World’s past “Shop Doc” columnists, recently invented two iPhone Apps to deal with everyday math problems confronting machinists, programmers and engineers. Presently at the [...]
The Next Automotive Boom
The default position for many in the machining world has been to flee the automotive business like it was an ominous cloud of swine flu. I admit to lapsing into [...]
Industry Scuttlebutt
The machine tool builders and distributors are hurting, but there is some business out there. In September the U.S. Army Rock Island, Ill. Arsenal made a major buy. They bought [...]