CRIBSHEET – #49 Three (3) of My Favorite and Most Shared Ideas to Get the Most from Drills in Your Shop
October 2016 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #49 Three (3) of My Favorite and Most Shared Ideas to Get the Most from Drills in Your Shop VIEW/DOWNLOAD
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CRIBSHEET – #48 Six Reasons Steel is Vacuum Treated
September 2016 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #48 Vacuum treated or vacuum degassed steel is used for critical applications that require steel with an exceptionally high degree of structural uniformity, internal soundness and other characteristics that may be impaired by the effects of uncontrolled amounts of dissolved gases. Vacuum degassing treatments, along with various de-oxidation practices,…
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CRIBSHEET – #47 OSHA’s Top Ten (10) Most Frequently Cited Standards
August 2016 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #47 The following is a list of the top 10 most frequently cited standards following inspections of worksites by federal OSHA for Fiscal Year 2015. VIEW/DOWNLOAD
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CRIBSHEET – #45 4 Keys to Business Sustainability
July 2016 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #46 Many people, particularly those in purchasing and accounting, see buying at the lowest costs as being a key to sustaining their business VIEW/DOWNLOAD
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Disaster Planning Seminar
Disaster Planning Seminar Stay open for business by doing the little things! Below is slides provided by PMPA’s Affinity Partner, Federated Insurance. Disaster Planning Seminar Slides
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CRIBSHEET – #45 Orders of Magnitude: Key to Process Problem-Solving
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. VIEW/DOWNLOAD
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CRIBSHEET – #44 Using PMPA Business Trends Report to Understand Your Business
May 2016 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #44 The PMPA Business Trends Report is published monthly and provides a credible means for our member shops to compare their performance with the performances of other precision machining shops. Actual net sales and hours of first shift scheduled are the two performance indicators tracked, while three-month outlook for…
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CRIBSHEET – #43 Why Tool Life Can Vary: Carbon and Alloy Steels
April 2016 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #43 Here are six factors that can affect tool life in your shop. VIEW/DOWNLOAD
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CRIBSHEET – #42 Plan, Do, Study, Adjust: The Engine of Continuous Improvement
March 2016 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #42 Plan, Do, Study, Adjust: The Engine of Continuous Improvement VIEW/DOWNLOAD
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CRIBSHEET – #41 Material Influences on the Weldability of Carbon Steel
February 2016 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #41 The weldability of steels is influenced primarily by the carbon content. Carbon equivalents of 0.35 or less are safe to weld without any pre-weld or postweld heat treatments required. At higher carbon levels, steels may require either pre- or post-weld heat treatment in order to prevent stress buildup…