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Modern Machine Shop's Top 10 News Items from 2024

These are the Top 10 news stories that shaped the machining world this year! Catch up on the highlights and see how our industry is evolving.

5th Axis Announces New Appointments to Sales Team

The company has appointed Eric Nekich to the position of vice president of sales, as well as brought on Sean Van Derel as a territory sales representative of the Chicago region.

Q&A: How a Self-Taught Machinist Started His Own Business

This machinist found an opportunity in a niche market and decided to learn machining and create his own business. Here's how he did it.

Does a Five-Axis Machine Increase Business?

Five-axis machining is enabling custom fabricator Meyer Tool to take on more complex work and helping it produce less complex jobs more efficiently.

5th Axis Introduces Round Stock Gripper Jaws

The new round-stock gripper jaw is designed for clamping round stock up to 8" diameter in X Series self-centering vises.

Standardized Workholding Saves Shop Hours of Setup Time

5th Axis’ workholding solutions have enabled Will-Mor Manufacturing to achieve vastly better repeatability and stability, cutting setup time and even whole setups.

Standardization Leans the Way to High-Mix Automation

An increasingly digitalized, lean manufacturing process begins with a common selection of cutting tools and five-axis machining fixtures.

Fixturing System Promotes Accuracy in Locating, Locking

IMTS 2018: 5th Axis is displaying its RL52 RockLock quick-change fixturing system with 52-mm pull stud spacing.

Applying Automotive Machining Lessons to Aerospace

Although motorsports are a natural focus for a shop owned by a former NASCAR driver, five-axis machining and an emphasis on process planning have opened the door to new aerospace work.

Vise System Blends Single-, Double-Station Functionality

5th Axis offers its Deuce vise system designed for low-profile workholding.

CAM Software Helps Shop Gain Machining Efficiencies

VIDEO NOTE: Scroll to the bottom of the page for a behind-the-scenes look at 5th Axis, and hear Chris Taylor talk about how Hypermill software has helped his company.

Compact Vise Suits Smaller Four-, Five-Axis Mills

Designed to be the smallest self-centering vise in its line, the 5th Axis V75100 five-axis vise offers maximum rigidity and clamping force.

So What Do You Do Exactly?

Have you ever been in a situation in which you are trying to explain your day-to-day job to someone, and you get a glazed-over stare? When talking manufacturing, anything past the concept of an assembly line tends to lose your audience.

Fixtures Dovetail with Five-Axis Automation

Along with an in-house-designed line of custom dovetail fixtures, machines with the right features for automation provide benefits for both this five-axis specialist and its customers.

Dovetail Fixtures Hold Small Stock

5th Axis Fixtures’ D-series dovetail fixtures are designed to hold stock as small as 0.06" (1.52 mm) and are compatible with 3-, 4- and 5-axis CNC machines.

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