Innovating New Attachments for Screw Machines, with Elliott May—EP 143
In honor of this weekend’s PMPA National Technical Conference, we’re resharing a podcast we did last year with Elliott May, engineer at BME in Port Huron, Michigan. BME builds original custom attachments for cam multi-spindles. They also rebuild Acme-Gridley screw machines. Elliott and I talked about a lot of fascinating
War on Terror History
While the U.S. government has been interrogating the CIA this week for the organization’s own controversial interrogation practices on suspected terrorists, I reflect on how
Surgically Repaired
I’m writing this column one week after a full knee replacement. The surgeon used a Stryker knee. Some of you may have made parts that
Oil keeps sliding on oversupply fears
The price of oil has hit another five-year low as fears of oversupply continue to mount. Brent crude was down $1.77 at $67.30 a barrel
Predictably Irrational
I just finished listening to a great book called Predictably Irrational, by the acclaimed professor of behavioral economics, Dan Ariely. As I listened, I kept
Fracking For Fords
Going into 2015, the machining folk have an interesting reversal of fortune from recent years. Automotive sales are nudging towards 17 million with trucks and
The Industrialization of Space
This week, NASA marked a milestone: the first object manufactured outside of Earth. We may talk about “space tourism” as a specialized form of space