You know you’re in for a treat when you are told that a lathe which can reach a resolution of one micrometer (1×10 −6, a millionth of a meter, or 0.00004″ for people who love zeros) is ‘not hard to ...

The lathe is one of the most sophisticated tools in the shop, used to carve cylinders of wood or metal into intricate and beautiful designs. You can see Jimmy DiResta craft gorgeous brass chess pieces ...

I entered the Army in 1988 as a military occupational specialty (MOS) 44E (machinist) under the Army Civilian Acquired Skills Program. Since I had received industry standard manual machinist training, ...