Online auctions can be a great way to find and purchase supplies and equipment for your shop, especially when looking for good deals or obscure tooling. After inputting a few keystrokes, you’ll usually find exactly what you’re looking for. The only thing left to do at this point is bid on the item and hopefully [...]
Opening a business and keeping it open has never been an easy task. There are many different ways a new business can fail. Although the statistics for opening and keep a new business open are getting better, each year new shops open and close, mainly because of a few key errors on the part of [...]
SolidWorks, an industry leader in the field of 3D CAD technology, will be holding SolidWorks World 2008 International User Conference & Exposition in San Diego in January 2008. This year’s conference is claiming to be the most expansive yet. The conference will be held in San Diego from January 20-23, 2008 and will feature [...]
A couple months ago we covered a new coolant Swiss company Blaser introduced. Blasocut® BC 230 is touted by the company to allow for superior stability and long-term sump life for improved machine up-time. However, in our shop tests we found other findings worth reporting. We replaced our coolant in a few of our test [...]
Back from a short hiatus, Jay Pierson fills us in on where he’s been and what is coming up for future shows. Plus a surprise announcement about the future of CNC-Today.com.
