Released March 29, 2021.
Miles Free and Carli Kistler-talk about cold work and work-hardening as well as what it means, why its used and what effects it can have inside your precision machining shop.
April 2021 Craftsman’s Cribsheet #95 Most defects in steel workpieces encountered in our precision machine shops are longitudinal in nature. This means that they go lengthwise with the bar, not transversely across the bar. VIEW/DOWNLOAD
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: The Factors That Control The Change in Microstructures in Metals Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn discuss all the factors that can change the microstructure of the metals in our precision machining shops. Published June 3, 2024
Released December 21, 2020 Miles Free & Carli Kistler-Miller review the crazy year that was 2020. Season 2 starts January 4, 2021!
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: The Quality Function – Value Added Overhead Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn discuss how quality function can help our precision machining shops be successful serving operations and sales groups. Published December 23, 2024
Since microalloyed steels are able to get higher properties using forging process heat- rather than an additional heating quenching tempering cycle- they can be less expensive to process to get improved mechanical properties. The microalloyed microstructure of either ferrite pearlite or bainite is less abrasive than that of a fully quench and tempered alloy steel.
September 2017 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #58 Machinability of different materials is generally expressed as a percentage compared with a known standard. Carbon and alloy steels are compared with 1212. So are stainless steels. Coppers, brasses and bronzes are compared with 360 Brass. The benchmark grade for aluminum is 2011 at 100 percent. Generally speaking,…