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 ...

Some machining tasks demand serious equipment. Watch how a large lathe makes it possible to handle oversized parts with ...

[McKGyver] needed a few parts manufactured. Instead of going the normal route – finding friends with machine tools or paying a machine shop, he improvised a rudimentary metal lathe. The finished ...

An advanced NUM CNC retrofit of a spin-forming lathe is providing a platform for substantial gains in manufacturing efficiency for a NASCAR wheel supplier, Aero Race Wheels Inc. Productivity ...

Rathburn Tool was founded by current company president Angie Holt’s father in 1983. Today, the company has 32 CNC machines (half are lathes and half are milling machines), and works with the heavy ...

The lathe is known as the King of Machine Tools for a reason. There are very few things that you can’t make with one. In fact, people love to utter the old saw that the lathe is the only machine tool ...

Manufacturing is a lengthy process with numerous steps involved. If you are into healthcare, defense, aerospace, marine, oil, gas, or transportation, you must be familiar with the amount of effort it ...