Category: Fab Shop Tips

Making More Money with Your Metalworking Machines The concept of productivity must be held as a critical concern in every metalworking shop. Therefore, finding ways to make machines and processes more efficient and profitable should be a goal of all employees, whether they are management or not. As different methods of increasing output are considered, […]

Keeping a Cool Tool Flood coolant has been a standard process in the machine tool industry for a long time—more than 150 years, in fact. Using a fast-moving liquid to cool and lubricate a cutting tool and workpiece alike, while washing away swarf (the chips that are cut away), made sense to some metalworker back […]

Is Preventative Maintenance Just Hype? “No, I don’t need the three-year protection plan,” you tell the cashier as you buy a cheap television set for the kids’ room. Salespeople will try to tack on any little extra charge these days, you reflect, whether it’s offering to add your team’s logo to the house numbers you […]