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Blog Posts - Page 52
- From The Additive Report
Dutch company offers stunning titanium and gold 3D-printed fountain pens
- By Don Nelson
- Dec 11, 2018
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Pjotr uses additive manufacturing to produce fountain pens, including their nibs, that could only be 3D-printed.
- From The Fabricator
Top 5 in 365—Articles about shop management
- By Vicki Bell
- Dec 10, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
This installment of “Top 5 in 365” is about managing a shop. Proper management can facilitate and enhance a shop’s success; poor management can destroy it.
- From The Welder
Taking it to a higher level
- By Josh Welton
- Dec 7, 2018
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
You know that feeling you get when you have achieved something that goes above and beyond your highest expectations? That can happen when you don’t settle for “good enough” and forge ahead.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing jobs continue to rise in November labor report
- By Gareth Sleger
- Dec 7, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The U.S. Department of Labor's November labor report shows jobs creation continue to rise and low unemployment hold steady as manufacturing jobs increase.
- From The Fabricator
Accidental happy accident
- By Kate Bachman
- Dec 7, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
One stamping manufacturer managed to transform an accident into a business opportunity. Can you?
- From The Additive Report
November ISM report shows positive numbers for metal fabrication
- By Gareth Sleger
- Dec 6, 2018
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
November’s Manufacturing Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Report on Business reveals that the U.S. economy has grown for a 115th straight month.
- From The Fabricator
Top 5 in 365—Articles about safety
- By Vicki Bell
- Dec 5, 2018
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
This installment of “Top 5 in 365” is about safety, possibly the single most important aspect of running any business. Failure to provide a safe work environment is illegal and unethical. Metal fabrication shops have many potential safety hazards that must be addressed.
- From The Additive Report
Off-the-shelf and custom 3D-printed shoes available online
- By Don Nelson
- Dec 4, 2018
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
A website devoted to additively manufactured shoes has a mission to disrupt the global footwear market.
- From The Welder
Still Building America—Craig Thompson’s advice: Simply do something
- By Josh Welton
- Dec 3, 2018
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
For welder/ fabricator Craig Thompson, no two days are ever alike. Growing up in a family of “car fanatics” influenced him to learn the skills necessary to work on chassis fabrication and open his own shop.
- From The Additive Report
Sisma's new 3D printer features a distinctive look
- By Don Nelson
- Dec 3, 2018
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Machine builders and other suppliers of industrial equipment often neglect to design products that appeal to users and buyers. 'Aesthetics is the best way (machine builders) can establish their brand.'
- From The Additive Report
Eyeing a better hinge
- By Don Nelson
- Nov 29, 2018
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Desktop Metal’s CTO says eyeglasses hinges are a ‘great example of what’s to come in 3D printing.’
- From The Fabricator
If a metal fabricator’s machines aren’t running … then what?
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 28, 2018
- Laser Cutting
- Blog Post
In metal fabrication and elsewhere in manufacturing, an idle machine can spell trouble, but not always.
- From The Fabricator
From a wooden level to a brand-new stainless steel sink
- By Nick Martin
- Nov 27, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Moving a job shop is an ordeal. Moving one that’s been in its current location for half a century is an adventure. You never know what will turn up when you begin to sort and clean up 50 years’ worth of stored materials and equipment.
- From The Additive Report
Better designs yield better products
- By Alex Crease
- Nov 27, 2018
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Adopting DFM tactics reduces redesign work, enhances product quality, and speeds time to market.
- From The Additive Report
Remembrance of something past
- By Don Nelson
- Nov 23, 2018
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
The number of 3D-printer users has grown steadily since the technology was introduced in the 1980s.
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