August 2022
Craftsman’s Cribsheet #108
PMPA’s Speaking of Precision podcasts can be found on major platforms or on PMPA.org. The list below of podcast resources for engineering/materials podcasts:
E-Mobility — Opportunity, Not Existential Crisis “We firmly believe that e-mobility presents a significant opportunity for innovation and growth.” — Markus Horn by Miles Free III Director of Industry Affairs, PMPA Published August 1, 2023 Download Magazine Article I recently had the opportunity to speak one on one with Markus Horn, CEO at Paul Horn GmbH in…
Get An Edge – Paint Your Edge! By David Wynn Published Issue May 2023 https://www.productionmachining.com/articles/craftsman-cribsheet-no115-paint-your-edge-to-gain-an-edge View Cribsheet This is not a discussion of children coloring their coloring page inserts from a children’s book. I am literally asking how many of you out in the shop color your carbide inserts. If you…
PMPA Craftsman Cribsheet #146: Powder Bed Printing for the Shop Published December1, 2025 By David Wynn, Director of Technical Services & Industry Affairs Download/View Cribsheet Powder bed printing has been around for a while but has typically been available for high-end printers. The raw material is a powder which is fused together with heat or…
Guest post by Jeff Wiltsie, Vanamatic Company It’s time for a reality check. Congress authorized the administration to spend hundreds of millions of dollars of stimulus to keep unemployment from reaching 8% which is now at 10%. The real unemployment rate is estimated to be as high as 17% when you include the people that…
Economics of Production Machining: Are You in the Speed or Feed Tribe? Optimizing for multiple factors, not just minimizing cost for a single factor, will lead to profitable production machining. by Miles Free Director of Industry Research and Technology, PMPA Published July 1, 2022 Production machining is a manufacturing domain where economics are the controlling…
Linchpin by Seth Godin. This book will give you, no matter who you are or what you do, tools you can use to make sense of today’s new world of work, and your essential part in it.