A body of steel.

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A good type of boring.

NEW PRODUCTS

A touching moment.

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Ball Nose End Mills.

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Behringer Saw marks 20th anniversary.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Big bed.

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Big-time accuracy checking.

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Blowups happen--but not anymore: when a hot problem on a machine resulted in a drill 'blow-up,' a shop found a cool solution.

DRILLING

Chilling out with an EDM.

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Chuck clamping.

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Clean faces.

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Cold saw for cool sawing.

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Delcam had record year in 2008.

Industry News

Eminently logical.

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Employment Trend Index drops.

Industry News

Facing the bevel.

NEW PRODUCTS

For everything turn, turn, turn.

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Formulating success--part III: dealing with offshore competition, and winning, means examining what a company does best and then formulating a strategy to play to that strength. This is the third of a three-part series.

GROWING THE JOB SHOP

'Future shock?' We ain't got no steenking future shock: we've come a long way in almost 40 years. Not only do we expect change, we demand it.

EDITOR'S CORNER

Gaining the Mida touch.

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Gibbs and Associates celebrates quarter-century mark.

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Go lean or go gone: Enterprise Resource Planning--ERP--is part of the Lean strategy to boost bottom-line profits.

THE LAST WORD

Grinding firm marks half-century mark.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Haas Scholarship fund kicks in $200k for education.

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Half-off sale: a shop specializing in aviation components reduced production cycle time by up to 50 percent by incorporating the right measurement software.

INSPECTION - Cover story

Hardinge gets 10 megabuck loan.

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Holding power.

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In a tight fix: the advantages of modular fixturing for welding offer shops hidden advantages.

WORKHOLDING

Industrial distribution market weak, but may be stabilizing.

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Inspector gadget.

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It's not a tangled web: establishing a shop's basic presence on the web is easy and can help grow a unique business identity.

BUILDING THE 21ST CENTURY JOB SHOP

Jet-age waterjet.

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Job planning.

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Laser scanning arm.

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Manufacturing technology takes big dip in new year.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Mirror, mirror.

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NASA picks 'retro' heat shield material.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Optical transmission means no cables.

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Planetary explorer.

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Probing the unknown: use of a measuring probe and CNC measuring cycles can make life much easier than finding the zero point manually.

CONTROLLING INTEREST

Quick-change artist.

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Ratcheting-up the capabilities.

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Reducing hub hubbub: a deburring solution for 80-lb hubs of earth-movers shaved 20 minutes off of each part's production.

DEBURRING

Rotary encoders.

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Six members of the press.

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Six-way cutters.

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Solder city.

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Some markets healthy despite recession.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Splitting airs: with the addition of a waterjet, a shop expanded its business into NASCAR aerodynamic components, and it ended with a profit race to the bottom line.

WATERJET - Company overview

Stable, mate.

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Stamp of approval: the Swiss are known for their precision, so a shop located on Lake Constance in the German, Austrian, and Swiss area had to guarantee the measurements of its stamped productions to maintain the tradition of accuracy.

SPOTLIGHT: MEASUREMENT - Company overview

Table manners.

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The mark of quality.

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The need for speed: graphite molds answered the need to get a housing to market quickly and inexpensively.

MATERIALS

The old resenter.

The Bull of the Woods - Cartoon

This insert is a CINCH.

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Tight collars.

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Tiny footprint.

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'V' for block victory.

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Waterjet cutting on the fly.

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Wireless inspection arm.

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5-axis enhancement.

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