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Article: A few eclectic tips: shop visits allow us to learn about innovative tricks and creative techniques machinists have developed to meet challenges and solve problems. Here are a few cool ones that stand out in my mind.(ONE OFF: Commentary)
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- Modern Machine Shop
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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Oftentimes nestled within our feature articles are nifty machining tips and tricks that might not necessarily be central to the theme of the story. I've surgically sliced a few such helpful tidbits from my past stories and listed them below. If you have similar tricks you'd like to share, send me an e-mail. If I get enough responses, I'll include them in an upcoming edition of our MMS Extra e-mail newsletter.
Lollipops make for good workholding devices--Picture a thin-walled, bell-shaped workpiece that requires OD turning. How do you clamp it without distorting it? One shop developed a "lollipop" workholding method to effectively secure such a part. It inserts an ...