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Take Pride in Your Fixtures

The rack of fixtures in many shops might look like random hardware, but often it is actually shelf upon shelf of invention.

Peter Zelinski
Peter Zelinski
Editorial Director, Modern Machine Shop

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One of the most innovative aspects of many products is not the product itself, but the tooling used to hold its components during production. That rack of fixtures in many shops might look like random hardware, but often it is actually shelf upon shelf of invention.
 

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