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Machine Tips That Work -  Machine shop owners say that it is hard to find experienced machine operators. What if you could train someone to run a machine in two days instead of two weeks? How much would that help? Because of Hurco’s conversational programming, that becomes possible. Moore CNC has done a great job ...

Machine Tips That Work -  Often we ask the machine operator how often he checks his machines lubrication system. The normal reply is that it’s checked every time the alarm goes off in the control prompting his attention. He finds the filthy funnel that everyone uses for everything, he pours the lube (maybe the corre...

Musing -  I had been transferred to a new area early in my career and, in order to feel like part of the community, I became involved with the Moose club among other clubs that focused on community projects like fundraisers, etc. In the process, I met a group of employees that worked for a large local company and I ...

Musing -  I received a phone call from a man I didn’t know well, but I admired. He had my style of persona. He was a tough old bird that I wanted to get close to, but I hadn’t been able. When he called, of all the things he could have said or asked, he wanted to talk with me about how to modernize his tool room. W...

Machine Shop Funnies -  Serving as an apprenticeship in a relatively up-to-date factory with modern equipment, I had been sheltered from the old ways of doing things. I received a call about interest in some new equipment from a company that manufactured bicycles. I pulled up in front of an old, but beautiful, well ...

Machine Shop Funnies -  It was the mid to late 1960’s and I was a young toolmaker embarking on a new career in machine sales. I received a call from a company wanting to buy a new punch press. Never having called on the company, this new lead filled me with a mixture of excitement, enthusiasm and fear. I already kne...

Machine Shop Funnies -  As I think back, I always remember a new shop owner I knew who suffered with insomnia. He made many attempts to cure his insomnia with drugs, reading, counting sheep, music, etc. and none of them worked. It so happened that his new shop was in his basement below his bedroom and he could hear ...