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I still remember the look on my face when the stainless workpiece work-hardened mid-cut. Let’s just say I learned the hard way what not to

It was 11:30 p.m. when I got the email. A simple project had hit a wall. The steel grade was too hard to machine. Tools

It was 10:47 p.m. when my phone rang. A client was on the line panicked. Their stainless steel parts had just warped during final inspection.

I once had a nylon part fail right in front of a client. It looked perfect on the outside. Smooth finish. Clean lines. But after

I still remember the smell. A burnt, chemical stink that filled the room after I overheated a virgin PTFE block during a client prototype. I

Thinking about machining carbon fibre but not sure what you’re really getting into? I don’t blame you. If you run a factory, design parts, handle

We were behind schedule. The steel parts were eating into our tooling budget. And the finish? Not what the client expected. That’s when we tried

One of our early partners once lost a high-value client due to inconsistent finishes on stainless steel components. They had the right machines, but not

The first time I ran titanium through our shop, we chipped end mills faster than we could replace them. And that wasn’t even the worst