Can small shops succeed with advanced machine tools and software? If so, how do they do it? Read on to learn the strategies that have helped Midway Swiss Turn, our 2025 Top Shops Honoree in Shopfloor ...

Many types of tool materials, ranging from high carbon steel to ceramics and diamonds, are used as cutting tools in today’s metalworking industry. It is important to be aware that differences do exist ...

There’s no reason to use a hacksaw in a modern farm shop. Cutting metal on a farm often used to involve either an oxy-acetylene torch, a hacksaw or tin snips. If a shop was “high-tech,” it might have ...

Researchers have developed a new material that is extremely resilient to cutting tools. The material, called Proteus, is a combination of aluminum and ceramic spheres. Proteus is durable against ...

The Lach Diamond laser-manufactured Type 3D-active chip breaker will be among numerous new technologies at IMTS 2016, for machine shop operators and precision manufacturers seeking difference-making ...

Ryobi's steady presence in the hand tool and power tool industry should reassure any home improvement enthusiast. The company has been designing and delivering power tools since 1968, but it traces ...