Released August 9, 2021.
Miles Free puts PMPA’s Digital Marketing Intern Deb Feiler in the interview chair to talk about her work here at PMPA, her new found appreciation for manufacturing, her voyage into a brand new career and much more!
Author: carlimiller
Released August 2, 2021.
Miles Free & Carli Kistler–Miller review the 6 ways cold finish bars can lose their straightness as well as identifiers to look for to find and solve the problems when bar straightness problems arise in our shops!
August 2021
Craftsman’s Cribsheet #99
Carbon may be the most important determinant of a steel’s properties. But without iron there is no steel. No humans, either. Iron is the decay product of Nickel 56 which is the last element produced by nuclear fusion as a star collapses. So, what else should be known about this essential to human life, essential to the precision machining industry, forged in the heart of dying stars chemical element?
Published August 2021
By Carli Kistler-Miller
Those who hire in the precision machining industry have a persuasive point for prospective employees who don’t hold —
or want to go into debt to hold — a college degree.
Released July 26, 2021.
Miles Free & Carli Kistler-Miller discuss the top 6 priorities of an OSHA Inspection.
Released July 19, 2021.
Miles Free & Carli Kistler–Miller dive into different variations in carbon and alloy steels that can affect tool life in your shop.
Released July 12, 2021.
Miles Free puts Ron Herrera in the interview chair as they discuss Ron’s career path, the lessons he has learned throughout all of his involvement of PMPA as well as what to expect at the upcoming PMPA National Technical Conference in Cleveland, OH.
Released July 5, 2021.
Miles Free & Carli Kistler–Miller discuss the expectations of the parts that we make in our shops.
July 2021
Craftsman’s Cribsheet #98
Contributed by Dave Sibinski and Roberts Automatic Products, Chanhassen, Minnesota
This cribsheet explains some reasons why to consider thread milling using three-axis CNC vertical or horizontal machining center. The process uses helical interpolation, so the machining center controller must have the ability to control all three axes simultaneously.
Released June 28, 2021.
Miles Free & Carli Kistler–Miller provide a in-depth primer on lead including the upcoming decisions that could significantly affect our manufacturing shops going forward.