Embrace the Mess
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, was the last day before my supposed vacation started, which is today, as I write this. I felt like I was slogging through the mud, just trying to get through it. I felt like I wasn’t doing a good enough job. I felt like a mess,

Ep. 1 – TMW Launches Swarfcast
Listen to Swarfcast in the player below. At long last, Swarfcast, Today’s Machining World’s podcast, is up! Swarfcast centers around similar topics that readers have
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