I entered the Army in 1988 as a military occupational specialty (MOS) 44E (machinist) under the Army Civilian Acquired Skills Program. Since I had received industry standard manual machinist training, ...

Machining a 5 /8-in. 2 aluminum flange took Amherst Machine Co. in Amherst, Ma., only 4.5 min, but it required 26 steps and five manual setups on two different machines. All this handling time ...

The Allen key turns 115 this year. It’s strange to believe that in all that time, no one has come up with an adjustable version, but apparently true. Luckily [Chronova Engineering] has taken up the ...

Most professionals would put a polygon on the end of a turned part using a milling machine. But many a hobbyist doesn’t have a mill. And if the polygon needs to be accurately centered, remounting the ...

A Romi M27 lathe machines large feedscrews for meatgrinding machines at Rome. Rome Ltd., a Sheldon, Iowa, meat grinder machine manufacturer, scrapped its manual engine lathes and decided to turn large ...