January 2003 Issue
January 2003
Features
Featured articles from the January 2003 issue of Modern Machine Shop
What's In A Word
Modern Machine Shop’s Web site includes various online forums that allow readers to post questions and comments on the site. Most forums are devoted to specific topics in metalworking technology, but one is a catch-all titled “General Metalworking.
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Threading On A Lathe
The right choices in tooling and technique can optimize the thread turning process.
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Maintaining Constant Coolant Concentration
In some machining situations, variations in coolant concentration can affect surface finish, part-to-part consistency...even the useful life of the coolant and cutting tools.
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Discovering 30-Taper Machines
They are now capable of handling many of the jobs traditionally done on larger machines. As this account shows, the development says a lot about what's happening in metalworking right now.
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New 'Ways' For Hard Turning
This company went to work to improve the surface finish and tool life in hard turning applications.
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A New Orientation
How a previously vertical-only shop made the transition to horizontal milling.
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Another Look At CNC Web Sites
Tax Savings For Your Family Business, Part II
Rising Sons
Another Way To Square—Or Is It Perpendicular?—It Up
Managing Depression In The Workplace
On The Web, January 2003
