By Lloyd Graff Les Paul, the famed guitarist, died last Thursday at 94. He played his instrument in a jazz…
Last month I wrote an article about the death of Automatic Machining, in which I ended the piece with a…
By Lloyd Graff Two icons of American mechanical ingenuity I encounter every day are my Bridgeport Mill and KitchenAid mixer.…
Hydromat of St. Louis is suffering through a soft spell and has let about 35 people go from its peak…
Mike Jackson, head of the publicly traded dealer group, AutoNation Inc., says the automotive economy has turned the corner. He…
Have you ever lost out on a big contract when your price and service were clearly better than the competition,…
There’s been a breakthrough in the production of tiny gears used in medical instruments and electronic mechanisms. July 23, the…
Recently Lloyd Graff interviewed Chris Kaiser, president of Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. They discussed Big Kaiser’s hiring philosophy and…
By Lloyd Graff Ethamore Claar died at 55 near Pittsburgh. Among his possessions was a brass bell made on a…
In December 2004, a stage version of Mary Poppins debuted in London, based on the story’s original books from the…