Category: How To

The Right Tool for the Job The time-honored adage that your dad taught you about selecting “the right tool for the job” doesn’t just apply to your toolbox. Any tool that contacts a workpiece—whether it be a hammer, a drill bit, or a shear blade—should be chosen wisely. For all the massive tonnage that a […]

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 […]

Make Ready for Your Machine The purchase has been finalized; the ink has dried on the agreement; the down payment has been made. You are now committed to take possession of your brand-new metalworking machine (or newly acquired piece of used equipment). Being past the point of turning back without incurring a costly restocking fee, […]