June 2016 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #45
If you have an intermittent or periodic problem, start counting frequency of occurrence, and then figure out what the order of magnitude is compared with your process.
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: What Does the Future Hold for Leaded Steels? Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller and David Wynn discuss the consequences of the loss of domestic supply for leaded steels, and the complicating factors of government permits, tariffs on imports, and regulations in Europe that continue to complicate leaded free machining steels’ application…
January 2019 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #73 These five regulations are applicable to our shops and make a great logical foundation for getting 2019’s safety training off to a good start. VIEW/DOWNLOAD
Published January 2008 By Miles Free III I’d just love to tell you about the importance of quality in marketing. Unfortunately, I can’t. VIEW ARTICLE
August 2021 Craftsman’s Cribsheet #99 Carbon may be the most important determinant of a steel’s properties. But without iron there is no steel. No humans, either. Iron is the decay product of Nickel 56 which is the last element produced by nuclear fusion as a star collapses. So, what else should be known about this…
PMPA Craftsman Cribsheet #138: ISO Material Groups: Heat-Resistant Alloys Published March 31, 2025 By David Wynn, Technical Services Manager, PMPA Download/View Cribsheet Heat-resistant alloys, also known as super alloys, are used in mission-critical applications. When parts can’t fail, they are often made from these alloys. This group is one of the most difficult and most…
June 2021 Craftsman’s Cribsheet #96 Quality is the absence of waste. So what are some wastes that detract from Quality? VIEW/DOWNLOAD