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MMS JANUARY 2018
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LONGFORM
Taking It Slow Pays off for
Learning Five-A xis Machining
"Once we got used to the machine, running 3+2 was
really not much different from running only three
axes, and it makes everything so much faster… In our
experience, there's no reason to be afraid of making
this leap, as long as you take it slow."
–Tyler VanRee, Legacy Precision Molds.
Read: gbm.media/3plus2
QUICK READ
Shop Greenery Gives New
Meaning to "Plant" Floor
For L&S; Machine, filling the
shop f loor with greenery is just
one of several radically simple
ideas it's implementing to
optimize its environment, its
use of data and its processes.
Read: gbm.media/plantf loor
DEEP DIVE
Economies of Usable
Cutting Tool Edges
What goes into making a cutting
tool optimally cost-effective while
still permitting higher speeds and
wearing down more slowly? One
way is increasing the number of
cutting edges per tool.
Read: gbm.media/edge
VIDEO | Custom Workholding for Tool Regrinding
Tri-State Tool Grinding has a CNC tool grinder with a workpiece carrier
intended for production grinding of carbide blanks, but the shop wanted
to adapt it for unattended regrinding. The solution illustrates the fact that
a machine shop is routinely an inventor. Watch: gbm.media/tri-state
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