How To (Better) Make a Micrometer
How does an inspection equipment manufacturer organize its factory floor? Join us as we explore the continuous improvement strategies and culture shifts The L.S. Starrett Company is implementing across the over 500,000 square feet of its Athol, Massachusetts, headquarters.
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How I Made It: Aneesa Muthana
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Automation is for Everyone
Not just for large shops, automation can help even the smallest shops solve labor challenges and become more profitable and efficient.
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3 Strategies for Effective CNC Programming Standardization
Use these strategies to streamline CNC programming with standardized processes, boosting efficiency and precision in modern manufacturing. Learn practical tips to optimize your workflow.
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3 Trends From PMTS 2025
The 2025 Precision Machining Technology Show provided an excellent look at the variety of machining solutions catering to the U.S. metalworking industry, including a range of automation solutions for turned and milled parts.
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- Surface Finish Underfoot
- Can U.S. Manufacturing Beat Trade Volatility? Lessons from Tormach's Global Strategy
- Tips for Ensuring the Performance of a Surface Finish Measuring System
- 3 Machine Options to Aid Automation
- One Machine Shop's Unlikely Edge: Generosity, Creativity and Vertical Integration
- Turning the Corner on Virtual Machining and Simulation
- Automating Fixed-Body Plug Gaging
- Why We Ask Machine Shop Leaders to Speak at TASC – The Automated Shop Conference
- When to Use 3+2 Versus Full Five-Axis for Finishing Operations
- Automating Double-Flank Gear Testing
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How I Made It: Jared Doerfler
Jared Doerfler quit his comfortable job and taught himself CNC machining to launch his boutique putter company in small-town Iowa. With zero prior machining experience, Doerfler poured his life savings into a dream — crafting high-quality, American-made golf putters in his own machine shop. A story of risk, resilience and turning passion into reality.
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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 6: Why, and How, Hardinge is Reshoring Machine Tool Production
In this episode of Made in the USA, several executives and senior staff at Hardinge give their first-person account of how they formulated the plan to shift the manufacturing of its milling and turning product lines from its Taiwan plant to its plant in Elmira, New York, the major challenges they encountered and the rewards that made it worth the effort.
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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 4: A Measured Approach
The L.S. Starrett Co. has been manufacturing precision measurement tools in Athol, Massachusetts, since 1880. Attention to U.S. manufacturing often focuses on reshoring manufacturing from other countries, but Starrett never left. The facility in Athol employs hundreds and produces thousands of tools that remain vital for measurement in machining and other fields.
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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 3: The Robots Come Home
The latest episode “Made in the USA” podcast explores a company that uses collaborative robots, one of the key tools helping US machine shops and other manufacturers compete with lower cost countries by automating production.
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Hexagon ¸ßÅâÂÊÁùºÏ²Ê Streamlines Measurement Operations
The Maestro ¸ßÅâÂÊÁùºÏ²Ê features a digital-first architecture that provides rapid measurement routines, an intuitive user experience and seamless data integration.
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