July 2013 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #11
Problems with drills and hole-making are getting even more frequent as more jobs are being run in non-free-machining steels. Here is a drilling checklist to aid in your problem solving:
PMPA Craftsman Cribsheet #136: ISO Material Groups: Cast Iron Published February 1, 2025 By David Wynn, Technical Services Manager, PMPA Download/View Cribsheet Cast irons are divided into three main grades for machining. Within those categories, they can be broken down into subgroups of ferritic and pearlitic cast iron. Ferritic cast irons are more ductile…
Guest post by Seth Godin Maybe next year… The economy will be going gangbusters Your knowledge will reach critical mass Your boss will give you the go ahead (and agree to take the heat if things don’t work out) Your family situation will be stable The competition will stop innovating Someone else will drive the…
Learn best practices on machining different exotic materials. Recorded: May 1, 2022 at National Technical Conference in Milwaukee, WI. Speakers: Pete Stechow, Fischer Special Tooling Randy Kline, Valbruna Stainless Ted Force, Medical Device and Implants, LLC Job functions which would benefit: Middle Management, Foremen, Leadmen, Setup, Machinist Experience track: Mastery Download FISCHER Special Tooling Presentation…
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August 2020 Craftsman’s Cribsheet #86 Laws have outlawed the provision of plumbing systems containing significant amounts of lead. VIEW/DOWNLOAD
It is the increase in the lot size that is the
most powerful determinant of the amortization of cost of setup.
ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY is in your customer’s control and ultimately delivers drives far greater savings than your cutting set up time in half, and in half again as we have just shown.