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Pundit hen we put together our editorial scheduling for 2006, Lloyd Graff [email protected] Wwe told our advertisers that November’s issue would have an article about the “politics of manufacturing.” Publisher Dan Pels I would compare this topic with “the heartbreak of psoria- (312) 342-6557 sis” and the “passionate pursuit of pastrami.” You know there Managing Editor is a story, you just don’t know what it is ‘til you get into it. Our Jill Sevelow two general interest features – an interview with T.J. Bon- [email protected] ner, head of the Border Patrol’s Union, and the devastation

Features Editor and rebirth of MECO, a New Orleans manufacturer of water Noah Graff puriﬁ cation equipment – address the politics of manufacturing [email protected] through two unique prisms. Web Forum Editor When Mr. Bonner was approached by Noah Graff for the Noah Graff & John Iwanski interview, he expressed genuine surprise that a magazine [email protected] named Today’s Machining World would be so interested in his Art Director story. When Noah explained the importance of immigrants, Robert E. Bocok especially Latino immigrants in American metalworking, he [email protected] immediately picked up on the connection. Circulation Director As this magazine has developed in the past several years, Judy Palmer [email protected] we have been able to integrate many topics not normally addressed by the old school industrial trade press. It is a real kick Sales Manager - East Coast Bill Papp to cover health, sports, environment, art, family, etc. in the 845-613-7329 context of the machining world. Well, sometimes it’s a stretch, Contributing Writers but my belief is that we are speaking to one of the smartest Barbara Donohue, Russell Ethridge, Lloyd Graff, audiences in the world – and one with eclectic tastes. If we Noah Graff, Jerry Levine, Lynn Walters. address you on several levels, you will stay interested. We are about a lot more than drills and reamers.

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There is no doubt that homebuilding has tanked. Is this a Christmas is coming, and the consensus is that it will be a real housing depression or a short-term dip? Some very smart solid time for retail. people like Gary Shilling see a long-term slide in prices for a Gas prices are down, winters are tending toward moderation, single family, especially in areas like the Northeast, Los Angeles, no big hurricanes this fall, low unemployment and rising wages Miami and Las Vegas. Home sales in big cities are tied closely point toward a happy season. Consumer sentiment is lukewarm. to legal immigration. A large percentage of ﬁ rst-time homebuy- People are down about the war, gas and politics, but not so sour

ers are immigrants. that they’ll forget Kohl’s address. swarf Homebuilding is labor-intensive, so a lull implies more The stock market is betting that the Fed will not tighten and unemployment. A real estate downturn hurts manufacturing that ten-year bonds, which determine mortgage rates, will stay because it is a big user of products like plumbing and hardware. under ﬁ ve percent, which means mortgages under six percent. The Federal Reserve is at a tipping point now, and nobody This will mitigate a dramatic drop in home sales. knows if Ben Bernanke will side with the Hawks (tighteners) or Manufacturing in the U.S. has held up well despite shifts to the Doves (looseners). If he chooses to tighten further, a reces- offshore outsourcing and record trade deﬁ cits. Labor shortage sion is a good bet for 2007. is a longer-term threat, but in 2007 innovation, automation and Much of the fuel for the consumer spending strength in re- improvisation will generally enable shrewd managers to grow. cent years has come from borrowing against rising home equity So barring a major terrorist attack, it is likely that the economy at reasonable rates. Sliding home prices and higher lending will absorb a housing slide and narrowly avoid a recession un- rates are a recipe for at least a slowdown. less interest rates spike.

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sswarf-11o6.inddwarf-11o6.indd 3 110/30/060/30/06 5:34:495:34:49 PMPM and the secular young people of Tehran who want a mod- Hempstead, England, is an inspiring one. Colbree’s factory ern capitalistic lifestyle. We could have a shift in Iran in was located in an industrial area within a few hundred yards which the crazies lose power to freedom lovers who just of the Buncefi eld Petrol Storage Facility. On December 11 of will not take it any longer. 2005, Buncefi eld blew up with an ensuing devastating fi re. A military strike against Iran by the U.S. or Israel is It took three days before the Colbree folks could look inside dangerous because it might strengthen the belligerents their building. Fortunately the blast was on a Sunday when who are frantically trying to hold on to power. Ahmadine- nobody was working. Machines were lifted off their moor- jad is using his outrageous comments against the U.S. and ings. The ceiling and walls were damaged. Within 72 hours Israel as a political feint to keep offi ce. construction teams were making the building safe, and tem- An indigenous uprising like we saw in Hungary is our porary offi ces were set up nearby. Two barns were rented on a best hope for a crumbling of the expansionist Jihadist tyr- local farm, one for storage and one for temporary production. anny coming out of the Arab world. Tehran could surprise Colbree quickly bought an 18,000 square foot plant 13 us like Budapest did fi ve decades ago. miles away from the old one, and the seller allowed them to work on the facility before the deal closed. On the Friday after the fi re, DW Engineering of Wembley, The machining world is highly competitive, another Citizen shop, began allowing Colbree’s workers to but it can be wonderfully fraternal amidst crisis. The MECO use their machines at night to keep up with critical orders. story in this issue is an example of suppliers and competi- Two teams worked for six weeks there. Emerald Engineering tors coming to the aid of peers. The Precision Machined in Hitchin also helped out in the pinch. Products Association boasts many anecdotes of members Trumpf allowed the company to run one of its showroom helping other members. machines, which enabled Colbree to hold on to its sheet The story of Colbree Engineering, a CNC shop in Hemel metal work. N.C. Engineering, the Citizen dealer in the U.K.,

sswarf-11o6.inddwarf-11o6.indd 4 110/26/060/26/06 6:17:406:17:40 PMPM This term really hit me when I read it, particularly the swarf irony of Butch Kerzner’s untimely death. Man plans, God laughs. But the power of big goals is worth considering as we move toward the new year. I have found that writing down a small number of well- enabled the company to get new M-32-V machines on a considered, succinctly-worded goals really helps me focus verbal order. my efforts. Personally, “big hairy” goals are not my favor- Colbree is now up and running successfully in its new ites. I prefer small reachable challenges blocked out in 90 premises. Some of the aerospace work, which its custom- day chunks. I get to monitor my progress and actually feel ers attempted to re-source, has been won back by the ﬁ rm. good about my movement toward such goals. The machining world is a tough one, but there are a lot My goals these days are often not explicitly ﬁ nancial of good people ready to help. ones. One repeating goal is to make each issue of Today’s Machining World “better” than the preceding one. My mea- surement scale of “better” is hard to quantify, but if I read Howard “Butch” Kerzner died Oct. 11 at the magazine from front to back, then back to front, and the age of 42 in a helicopter crash in the Dominican then want to read it again, I feel good about the magazine’s Republic. He and his father Sol had built Kerzner Interna- progress. tional, Ltd. into a multi-billion dollar worldwide casino de- Kerzner International is preparing a bid to convert veloper from a small hotel company based in South Africa. London’s Millennium Dome into a “supercasino,” certainly The Wall Street Journal’s remembrance on Oct. 22 told of a “big, hairy, audacious goal.” My small hairless goal is to Butch Kerzner coining an acronym for the company’s auda- make this one magazine remarkable. cious style – BHAGS – for “big, hairy, audacious goals.”

sswarf-11o6.inddwarf-11o6.indd 5 110/26/060/26/06 6:17:476:17:47 PMPM I was walking down trendy Boylston Street swarf in Boston recently on a Saturday afternoon and saw a young guy playing his white electric guitar in front of a new Volkswagen GTI. I was perplexed, but interested enough to query the guitarist, “What’s up with this?” He explained that the car had an amplifi er built into the dash, which My uncle Jerry was a very bright man. He sold was providing the sound on the street. And I’m thinking, his plumbing supply business as a young man and then “Duh, who cares?” Then as I’m staring at the car, another applied his considerable intellect to the stock market. passerby walked up and asked the same question. But his Jerry was astute in a very special way. He could see the reaction was totally positive. “That is really cool,” he said, downside of everything. You name the company, he could making note of the car. pick it apart. Same for people. He was the master of fl aws. I walked away feeling culturally obtuse and genera- Jerry would have been a superb short seller, but alas, he tionally challenged, but also thinking that VW was on to saw the fl aws in that strategy. He saw the error of going something important. Volkswagen has allowed its brand to long too. It was just too risky to bet on any management drift into irrelevance in the U.S. Here they were working at because they were all crooked, or venal, or dumb – or developing a buzz one person at a time on a packed street something. in Boston. So Jerry invested in government bonds, or stayed in An amp in the car? Who needs it? But the same could be cash because he didn’t really trust anybody to do well by said for the camera in the cell phone, and they sell them him. Jerry was correct about a lot of his assessments, but by the billions. Never discount cool. he was paralyzed by his fear and anger. I saw Jerry a lot. He and my dad were close. I saw how negativity can wreck your life and those around you. While staying at a Boston hotel, I wrote three Intelligence bathed in black is ruinous. Swarf pieces, which I wanted to fax to Jill Sevelow, TMW’s managing editor. The hotel boasted of a “Business Cen- I’m making an announcement. No ter,” with computers and copiers and a fax. I ventured into more e-mail for Lloyd Graff. If you want to reach me, just the room of machines and looked for a person. Nobody call or write me a letter, or knock on my door, or do cha- there. This was an automated, human-less tomb. The fax rades. Lloyd is no longer available at Lloyd@todaysma- machine was a copier. The directions on using it must chiningworld.com. have been written by a robot. I fi nally fi gured out where to I get a hundred e-mails a day. I may open one, and swipe my credit card. I did it correctly, but it didn’t work. usually that’s a confi rmation of an airline ticket I did not I called the service number only to get Mumbai central. I request.

swarf spent another half hour with an Indian chap, whom I could My phone number is 708-535-2200 and my cell phone is barely understand, trying to get the dumb fax machine to 708-380-8530. I want to hear your voice, get your accent, work. He kept saying “just another 30 seconds,” but the your verbal hesitation, your hoarseness, your post-surgi- thing never did work. cal dry throat, your puns, your chuckle, your nervousness, I wrote a note and put it on the broken machine telling your lies, your run-on-and-on sentences. Your voice has its the next fool not to waste his or her time. Then I went to own poetry. the front desk and asked the clerk to fax the few pages. He I have no time for uninvited emails. How dare these did it politely in 45 seconds. Score one for humans. cynical pirates of cyberspace assault my eyes with fraudulent gibberish about Cialis or a free palace? The great promise of the Internet is being riddled before our eyes by the cynical spammers and hackers. Sorry, guys. I’m opting out. I’ll still check my fantasy baseball team and eBay auctions, but e-mail – I bail.

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A Home on the Field “That which hath been is that which shall be…And there is nothing new under the sun.” Ecclesiastes I:9

Assimilation of new Americans can be a slow diffi cult process, Duke, former grand dragon of the KKK and erstwhile politi- but it is not a new process. And while Congress and the country cian. Duke bashed the poultry plant and its workers, but debate immigration issues, they can look to Siler City for inspira- rather than continue the rally with a march on the poultry tion. In early 2000 a group of Latino high school students in Siler plant, he and his entourage fi lled up on fried chicken at a City, NC (population 8,000) petitioned to start a soccer team. The local restaurant for lunch. locals were skeptical. Some admonished, “What is this sport, and The hypocrisy is revealing: They don’t want immigrant what are they doing on our football fi eld, our sacred ground?” In workers and their families, but they sure want their chicken. the end, the students persevered and ultimately won the state Similiarly, Americans want their tomatoes and blueberries championship. The book A Home on the Field documents their picked, their lawns manicured, their Christmas trees cut journey. and their meat packed. And they want it done cheaply, ef- For the past 15 years, this country has been experiencing a silent fi ciently and invisibly. migration of Mexicans and other Latin Americans into the interior This refl ects the great dichotomy of the of the U.S., fi nding jobs at places like a chicken current immigration issue. This immigration processing plant in Siler City. Author Paul is motivated by the same American ideals Cuadros (son of Peruvian immigrants), that brought all of our ancestors to these blames the migration in part on NAFTA, shores. America is the dream of a better life which allowed the Mexican state run economy for oneself and one’s children. Siler City is to procure heavily subsidized American corn being transformed by that dream, from a to feed their poor, displacing Mexican farmers. sleepy, slowly dying Southern town into a Cuadros also blames Mexico and its ruling robust growing community. Spurred by class for never really providing adequate educa- the Latino labor, the rising tide is lifting tion or meaningful jobs to create a middle class. all ships. Inevitably, the population moves to greater For the immigrants, there is still a opportunities. This has been the story of U.S. great struggle. The Latino kids frequently immigration since its founding. But the old ties hurt themselves as they try to deal with don’t break easily. They never do. The immigrant the larger society. They drop out and workers still remain largely isolated by language reject the system that rejects them. and culture from mainstream American society. Self-esteem in a foreign homeland is Cuadros points out that while he was born a an ongoing issue, as are the deep ties minority, he will not die one. Given anticipated to family in Mexico. Family often takes population trends, by 2050 half the U.S. popula- priority over getting through school and getting ahead in tion will be non-white, and half of that will be Hispanic. There will American society. be no one majority, so the concept of minorities will lose their The author himself, though born in the U.S. and now a book review book meaning. How we deal with this transition is a major challenge successful writer, is always striving for acceptance. His goal of the 21st Century. Cuadros likens the transition to the stages of in winning the state championship is to have the pictures grieving, from denial to anger and eventually to acceptance. Siler of the Latino championship soccer players on the high City is well along in that process, helped by its success as a state school’s “Wall of Champions” along with the black and championship soccer team. But it wasn’t easy. white faces already there. Initially, there was a tremendous anti-immigrant reaction by the locals, capped off by a rally in the town square featuring David And soon, “that which hath been is that which shall be.”

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biopharmaceutical purifi cation systems, which took up The Politics of Limbo to six months to produce, and 200 smaller desalination units. Rust quickly destroyed 50 years of tooling, includ- The actions of government and politicians ing a CNC welding saw delivered a week before Katrina. President George Gsell, the third generation of family are playing a critical role in how communi- to run MECO, and his nephew Will Brown were the ties recover from Katrina. fi rst ones into the plant after Labor Day, thanks to a U.S. The August 2006 study, “GulfGov Army pass. “I trudged through the mud and debris,” Gsell said. Reports: One Year Later,” concluded New “That’s when I understood it was over here.” Orleans’ failure to draft a rebuilding plan Gsell’s fi rst action was to locate employees scattered threatens long-term recovery. from Texas to Tennessee. More than 70 percent of MECO employees’ homes were completely or severely Produced by the Rockefeller Institute damaged. Many lived in St. Bernard’s Parish, which was of Government of the State University of totally fl ooded. New York and the Public Affairs Research “The only thing I could think of was to keep them employed,” said Gsell. “I sent out a note that everybody’s Council of Louisiana, the report identifi es got a job and they were not going to miss a paycheck. I housing and worker shortages as major im- wasn’t sure how long I could keep that up.” pediments. The opposite is true for other A few stories local governments whose leaders pushed Austin Bodden has been a MECO welder for 39 years. ahead with rebuilding plans, including St. Bodden’s family – including son, Austin II, a nine-year Tammany Parish, where MECO operations MECO employee – not only lost their homes but also are now located. Austin’s father-in-law. The elderly man refused to leave his home. His body was identifi ed in February through Economist Loren C. Scott called New DNA matching. Orleans’ slow recovery a “series of brakes.” “I couldn’t get a loan and only got some FEMA rental Many small things have halted progress, assistance,” said Bodden, whose fl ood insurance lapsed two days before Katrina. “When you ain’t got no money, said Scott, who issued his latest quarterly you can’t do nothing, and that’s the problem. I’m paying study on Katrina’s economic impact in June. $1,350 a month in rent.” Flooding was not covered by many home insurers. New FEMA fl ood elevation guide- lines weren’t issued until April 2006, delay- ing rebuilding progress. The $7.5 billion “Road Home” housing aid program has yet to cut checks for embattled homeowners.

With 10,010 homes rendered uninhabit- Post-Katrina able – seven times more houses destroyed than in any other U.S. natural disaster – employees have difﬁ culty ﬁ nding Gulf Coast housing, said Scott.

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startup support, plus extensive on-site training and applications engineering. NEW BRITAIN SPECIALIST Most employees at MECO’s Louisiana plant are now working 60- to 70-hour weeks. The facility is several months from achieving production goals, Gonzales estimated. Announcement! “I can’t hire nobody,” said Gonzales, who is not yet running a second shift. “I’m looking into automation, gantries and robots. It’s the We are very proud to announce the addition of only way we can keep up. The people just aren’t out there.” He is competing with high- paying FEMA jobs. Dirk Gower New Mazak machines have cut cycle times by half. The goal is to eventually achieve full production of MECO products and then to our team of New Britain specialists at pursue contract work. MECO is still in transition. Wrangling on L & R Specialties. insurance continues. Gsell estimated MECO has reinvested $30 million in the business Dirk brings with him 30 years of broad experience with a total loss of around $60 million. De- in our industry, which will add to the scope of spite ﬁ nancial challenges, MECO established a $100,000 employee relief fund and donated remanufacturing services our customers have relied $25,000 to the Louisiana Disaster Recovery on for many years from L & R. Foundation in late 2005. MECO and its employees continue to per- Join us in welcoming severe. Commutes of many Louisiana-based employees have gone from under 10 minutes Dirk and his wife, Julie to Gastonia, NC to hour-long trips. Gonzales travels 56 miles one way from his FEMA trailer in Chalmette to Goodbee. The seventh generation to live You may contact him anytime at in New Orleans, Gonzales plans to relocate closer to the plant. 800-234-7191 “When you’re down there (Chalmette) it’s or email [email protected] hard to describe your attitude,” said Gonza- les.. “We call it Katrina-ism. It’s not depression, but you’re not happy. “I worry about things around here at work WE PROVIDE: that I can handle,” Gonzales continued. “I TOTAL Remanufacturing - Bumper to Bumper Warranty can’t manage FEMA, SBA (Small Business Administration) and the insurance compa- Turn Key Service - Trade-In Program - Rebuild Cross Slides nies, so I deal with this.” Complete Parts Inventory - Technical Support – Telephone Or On-Site

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In the last ﬁ ve years foreign car companies have obtained In ﬁ ve years, will American car companies over 50 percent of the sedan still control the domestic light truck market?

market in the U.S. While Clearly in fi ve years, the traditional “Big Three” will still be an important factor in the GM and Ford are presently U.S. light truck market. However, they will not be as dominant as in the past. Nissan and Toyota are becoming full line producers of light trucks, and Honda and Hyundai burdened with restructuring, are expanding their positions as well, but not in the larger vehicle part of the segment. Their participation is not a surprise considering the shift in buyer wants and foreign manufacturers are needs, and the high profi tability of this segment. Also the range of product offer- ings is being greatly expanded with a multitude of new vehicles such as crossovers increasing their foothold in (CUVs). The industry is extremely turbulent presently, with major restructuring at the Big Three and unpredictable market drivers such as volatile gasoline prices, govern- the light truck market that ment regulations and changing consumer behavior. This environment demands signifi cant agility and a steady stream of exciting new products. has served as the lifeline for David E. Cole the Big Three in recent years. Chairman, Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Ann Arbor, MI

Makers like Toyota and Honda, it should be noted, already dominate speciﬁ c niches such as the compact pickup and crossover segments, and they’ve been gaining ground in minivan and compact SUVs, as well. The real battle is shifting to the full-size pickup, where Detroit products, such as the Ford F-150, continue to post Impala-size numbers and serve as one of the few remaining bulwarks of Big Three balance sheets. The recent slump in pickup sales was a wake-up call, and while soaring fuel prices were a major factor behind the decline, it’s also clear that Detroit will have a hard time maintaining its grip in the face of new import competition. the facts: next

“Toyota has indeﬁ nitely halted plans to offer a heavy-duty pickup truck to compete with the Ford F-350 and the Chevrolet Silverado 2500, according to Automotive News. Toyota had originally planned to launch its truck as early as 2009, but these plans have now been delayed at best. Meanwhile, Nissan has delayed the launch of its heavy-duty pickup until 2009 or 2010.”

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Total 2001 2006 2011 Big 3 66% 58% 55% Asian 3 21% 29% 30% Rest of Market 13% 13% 15%

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Nissan’s Titan hasn’t done all that well, but Toyota is confi dently – yet conservatively – boasting it will double sales with the imminent launch of the third-generation Tundra truck. An equally new line-up from GM is due out in early 2007, but there’s little doubt that it will become increasingly diffi cult to head off the sort of decline that decimated the once-over- whelming lead the Big Three once held in midsize sedans. KNURLING PROB LEMS? With the most Paul A. Eisenstein knowl edge able Publisher, TheCarConnection.com en gi neers and Pleasant Ridge, MI sales staff, Accu Trak has the answers to Over the next fi ve years, domestic automakers will continue any technical to lose light truck market share, but will maintain a majority ques tion stake in the U.S. market as DaimlerChrysler, Ford and GM regarding the together will account for 64 percent of all light trucks sold in knurling process. the U.S. in 2011. There will be, however, an increasing amount of competition by new domestic manufacturers in segments We have available for immediate delivery a huge variety traditionally dominated by the Big Three. A key example is the of knurling wheels and holders in both “INCH” and large pickup segment where Toyota’s new 2007 Tundra will “METRIC” sizes as well as custom knurls made to your be much more of a direct competitor to the domestic models exact require ments with the fastest delivery in the than its predecessors. Additionally, Nissan will continue to industry. refi ne its large pickup entrant, the Titan, and both Nissan and Toyota are exploring HD (heavy-duty pickup) versions of these For more info on how to ensure your vehicles. Also, the emergence of the CUV market will continue next knurling job runs smoothly to benefi t new domestic manufacturers in their efforts to penetrate the U.S. light truck market. visit us online at Matthew Vicenzi www.accu-trak.com Analyst, J.D. Power Automotive Forecasting Troy, MI or call (800) 433-4933.

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What did you want to achieve by making this ﬁ lm? regulation, we wouldn’t have had seatbelts and airbags, and the I wanted to turn people on to electric cars and plug-in cars, mileage wouldn’t have gone up as the agreement says – from 13 show that the technology is here, that these things are available to 24 miles per gallon. and that they’re on the road. I think that was the main surprise for a lot of people, that these cars are possible. I also wanted to What are you most optimistic about for the future of tell what I thought was an extremely entertaining, dramatic story electric cars? about something that went wrong in America. I think the big plus is that people are seeing that you can make money building plug-in cars. And I think that the public under- What’s the most important thing about the EV1 and stands that with a plug-in hybrid you can go 300, 500 miles on other electric cars? range. As new batteries come on the market, it will really help The most important thing is it’s a way to get America off foreign electric cars out. oil. Electricity is domestically produced, it doesn’t require any tankers from another country, and it incorporates American technology – certainly in the case of the EV1.

What’s your response to car companies saying CO2 produced from coal to make electricity for these cars is environmentally harmful ? It’s funny that the car companies would even bring up CO2, given their records for stopping any emissions controls for cars and any improvement for mileage per gallon since the 1970s. However on a macro level, it’s certainly a concern. The short answer is that the American domestic power grid, which is 55% coal, still drops your CO2 level by half of that produced by a traditional car. Also, as the power grid gets cleaner when electricity can be made renewably, electric cars will be even cleaner.

What is your response to GM’s claim that there What are you the most pessimistic about for wasn’t enough demand for the EV1 to be profi table? the future? This was the offi cial reason that the EV1s were discontinued. In Resistance to change. my fi lm the consumers are one of the guilty parties, but our experience was that, A: Nobody knew that they were even an option. Do you believe that fuel cell technology is a practical Most people had never even heard that they could get one. B: goal by 2010 as GM claims? They were rarely available for sale. C: GM marketed them so that No, I think the fuel cell is a boondoggle. I think GM and the oth- only a super early adopter would have had a chance to drive one. ers like it because there’s a lot of federal money attached to it, and it keeps them from having to do anything now. Why does the fi lm focus on GM more than the other car companies? What did you like and dislike about the EV1? That’s a great question. Of course the other makers are men- I loved the speed. I didn’t like that I couldn’t buy it, and it didn’t one on one tioned, but the EV1 is sort of the protagonist of our story. GM have a good tape player. destroyed their own creation. So I think in some ways they’re the best tragic fi gure. If you could drive any car for a day besides the EV1,

Photos courtesy of Aaron Fallon and Chris Paine. Photos courtesy of Aaron Fallon what would that be? Will the government play a bigger role for fuel The Tango by Commuter Cars up in Spokane Washington. efﬁ cient cars in the future? George Clooney has one. Government is the most important player in this. Corpora- tions won’t lead this. A push from the public is an incredibly Would you ever buy anything from GM? important component in this as well, but without government Sure! Sell us a plug-in car!

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Threading / drilling is thrilling Drilling, countersinking and thread milling aren’t news. But what if you could do all three with a single tool? You could save time and main- The Right Tool Right The tain accuracy with no tool changes and no repeatability issues. The vividly named Thriller tools from Emuge Corporation in West Left: Emuge Thriller Boylston, MA, do just that. One version, the BGF, fi rst drills and Type BGF drills, chamfers countersinks a hole (see fi gure). Then it mills the thread. It is intended and thread mills. for short-chipping materials, and for producing threads in the range of M4 to 3/4”. This Thriller is available in a 2-fl ute design, or in a 3-fl ute design, which shortens cycle times and performs well on cast-in thread holes, according to Emuge product literature.

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Another version, the ZBGF, doesn’t drill fi rst, but it generates a threaded hole in solid stock. The lower fi gure shows the steps: First the tool is positioned at the center lo- Above: Thread whirling attachment cation of the hole. Then it moves off to the side to fi nd the for Citizen L20/L32 & M/20/M32 with starting point for the thread. It revolves around the center insert style cutter holder ring. position, cutting threads as it goes deeper into the material. Finally, when the hole is complete, the tool returns to cen- Thread whirling, a technology developed decades ago, ter and retracts. This type of Thriller is designed for hard- is gaining popularity as a machine accessory for putting ened or diffi cult-to-machine materials for thread depths up threads on parts such as bone screws, where the length to to 2x the hole diameter. It produces short, easy-to-remove diameter ratio is large. For this type of part, the pressure chips, even in materials that tend to be long-chipping. required for single-point thread cutting tends to bend the Both types of Thriller include through holes for part, causing accuracy to suffer. Thread whirling uses mul- coolant. The Emuge web site provides programming tiple cutters at the same time, so the cutting forces counter instructions for thread milling with Thriller tools. each other and bending is not an issue.

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Cool through and through Cool To keep cool, stay focused To are the benefi Many below, manufacturers, three of whom are noted Several coolant directlyhave developed tool designs that deliver the edge cool Keeping to the business end of the cutter. as built-up edgehelps prevent or delay failure modes such temperatures.or cratering, which are aggravated by high better surfaceA cooler cutting edge can also produce a fi system fi Tooling tooling, and is available through Command or BT MN. Systems, Ramsey, on a vertical machining center with the Command Urma IntraMax system, Urma IntraMax with the Command on a vertical machining center a turning operation. eliminated the need to perform Above: nish n- it fi rst, so MA. The photo above shows a threadeld, nish boring system: nish boring system: rough-cuts. The otherrst, and “Whirling” a titanium bone screw with a thread whirling attachment “Whirling” a titanium bone screw with a thread whirling Command Command nish boring of

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on a Citizen C16. Above: Right: Urma IntraMax mod- ular boring system can perform rough and fi large, deep holes in a single machine pass. ed for inside diameters from 1.9 to 14 inches, and can also be set up to cut outside diameters from 0.35 to 9.8 inches. This can save doing a turning operation on a part. diameters can be set by Finish 0.0002” increments. boring in one operation, with one tool. The tool has twoboring in one operation, with one tool. The adjustable cutters mounted on opposite ends of a beam. In setting up the job, the cutters are adjusted so that one engages the part fi cutter is offset from the fi ish cuts the same area. The IntraMax boring system performs rough and fi boring system performs rough and The IntraMax Rough/fi Why use two when one will do? cutters that surround the screw blank and spin — or whirl blank and spin — surround the screw cutters that whirler spins The slowly. the blank as it turns — around screw threads, while the 5000 rpm, cutting the at perhaps or 30 rpm, explained Scott Laprade,may turn at about 20 Swiss Indus- manager at Genevieve sales and marketing tries, Inc., Westfi whirling attachment designed to operate with several dif- whirling attachment machines. A thread whirler accessoryferent Citizen screw or on the gang slide. may mount on the turret d d n i . 6 o 1 1 - s 50 k r o w t i w o

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Coolant has particular diffi culty reaching the cutting edge in deep grooving and parting operations. To al- leviate this problem, Iscar Metals, Inc., Arlington, TX, offers an ingenious method for cooling this critical area; a grooving/cutoff tool that supplies coolant right through the insert, delivering it near the cutting edge. This Jet Cut version of the company’s Do-Grip parting tool, recommended for use with stainless steel and high- temperature alloys, keeps the cutting edge temperature down. This can extend tool life by as much as a factor of three, according to Michael Gadzinski, training manager at Iscar. Coolant can be delivered to the insert through the coolant passage in a special blade used on regular blocks, or through a special block. Both incorporate connecting Above: Point-Blank toolholder from LMT-Fette. ports and passages for the coolant supply. For Jet Cut, the coolant pressure should be at least 200 The Point-Blank Direct Flow turning holder from LMT- psi, Gadzinski said. Any coolant can be used, but it needs Fette, Cleveland, OH, takes a different approach. Standard to be fi ltered through a 10-micron fi lter. “The big thing inserts fi t in the holder. Three holes next to the insert people who are running high pressure coolant need to be fl ood its surface with coolant. There is also boring bar that aware of is fi ltration,” he said. uses a similar coolant delivery design.

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Above: Jet-Stream toolholders from Dorian Tool blast air or liquid coolant through the insert clamp directly across the insert.

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Dorian Tool, East Bernard, TX, provide either air or liquid The Right Tool coolant through an opening in the clamp that retains the insert in the holder. The boring bar includes a second coolant or air jet that helps ﬂ ush away chips. Dorian Tool originally developed this focused-coolant concept to meet the company’s own needs, said product Above: Toolholders deliver coolant across the insert in the Point-Blank manager Alan Steinberg. From there, the concept evolved system from LMT-Fette. into Jet-Stream products and went on the market several months ago.

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The task: drill more than 100 holes inside an aircraft The task: drill more than 100 holes inside an aircraft fuselage component, parallel to the bed of the machine. a lot of fi like Sounds in and Manufacturing Precision Machine At necessarily. 5-axis on a Toshiba OK, they make just such a part Grove, all When it comes time to drill vertical machining center. those holes, the tool of choice is a coolant-powered right- product development Caudill, angle drill head, said Wade engineer at Precision. Misalignment between a micro reamer and a very small a micro reamer between Misalignment reams or broken can result in inaccurate hole in a part fl use a conventional if you reamers. Or, the impossible Making possible will allow the reamer to misalign with the axis of the hole, with the axis of the the reamer to misalign will allow round hole. Genevieve a less-than perfectly resulting in a selection of orbitally fl Swiss Industries offers These allow offsets of up to 0.009”,micro reamer chucks. reamer parallel to the axis of thewhile still keeping the available in ER8 and of these chucks are hole. Versions ER11 sizes. ts in a oating micro reamer chucks from Genevieve Swiss Industries. Multidec Bore Micro holder & quick-change boring bar with thru- Multidec Bore Micro holder & quick-change boring

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7 Besides drill heads, Eltool also makes a coolant driven Besides drillheads,Eltoolalsomakesacoolantdriven Since theheaddoesn’t dependonthespindleforpower, Able tofi how it works Hydraulic pump housing machined with coolant-powered, Hydraulicpumphousingmachinedwithcoolant-powered, t intoopeningsassmalloneinchindiam- gures gures a wholenewproductlineforyourcompany. to inventone.Itcansolveyourproblemandcouldbecome created asolution.Ifnot,maybethisisyouropportunity Check theInternet.Someone outtheremayhavealready done moreeffi encounter it.Ifyouhavetheideathat“thisprocesscanbe thing intheshop,you’re probablynotthefi a needorproblem.Ifyou’re havingtroublewithsome- All theseproductsstartedoutwithsomeonerecognizing Mother ofinvention indexability ofacoolant-drivenright-angleheadfromEltool. in smallboreatmultiplepositions,takingadvantageofprofi Above: ing offthemachines. back innewapplications—tohelpkeepthosepartscom- oped allthetime—andoldonesdustedoffbrought with. Andthat’s whynewtechnologiesarebeingdevel- attraction isthateverydaythere’s somethingnewtodeal Turning Machines”:www.index-werke.de/shared/technologie/tnl12-0030e.pdf iscarmetals.com, LMT-Fette: www.lmtfette.com, “ThreadWhirlingonCNC evieve SwissIndustries,Inc.:www.genswiss.com, IscarMetals,Inc.: www. antool.com, EltoolCorp.: www.eltool.com, Emuge:www.emuge.com, Gen- Command Tooling Systems:www.commandtool.com, DorianTool: www.dori- For moreinformation Many inthemachiningbusinessfi Close-up of hydraulic pump housing showing holes drilled radially Close-upofhydraulicpumphousingshowingholesdrilledradially ciently,” you’re probablyright.Askaround. nd that part of its nd thatpartofits rst person to Left: machining center. Machine V5vertical nent onaCincinnati wing framecompo- a prototypeleading multiple rivetholesin angle headdrilling Coolant-driven le and leand 110/30/06 12:45:20 PM 0 / 3 0 / 0 53 6

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ach month, Today’s Machining World works to help you understand how the preci- Esion parts marketplace works, what’s available in the industry, and how you can use available resources, as well as knowledge, to run a more effi cient and effective shop. In every issue, we’ll feature a product category and focus on equipment key to remaining competitive in our marketplace. Thread rolling machines and attachments generate threads by displacing and fl owing metal into a thread shape. During the thread rolling process, a hard die is pressed onto a rotating blank attached to the thread rolling machine. The thread rolling machine gradually increases the force that is applied to the workpiece. This force rolls the thread profi le from the hard die onto the attached blank. From screws to nuts and bolts, it’s a process that has been “on a roll” for manufacturing machined turned parts.

ATI Landis Threading Systems from1/4” to 3/8” or M6 to M10 and the 5 CNC, which covers ATI Landis Threading Systems of Waynesboro, PA, offers a line the diametrical range from 5/16” to 5/8” or M8 to M16. The of thread rolling tools designed to roll form external threads 1 1/2 CNC is furnished with a standard 3/4” diameter hol- Thread Rolling Thread from #0 to 5/8” or M1.6 to M16 diameters on suitable materi- low shank, while the 3 CNC and 5 CNC are supplied with a als having hardnesses including 24 to 32 Rockwell “C”. The standard 1” diameter hollow shank. These round shanks allow range is covered by using only 3 sizes of tools. An external the tools to be used in standard ER style collet tool holders. thread can be rolled using an EZ ROLLER by employing the All three tools can now be furnished with standard size Tap same tapping cycle used for internal tapping. Shanks for use in Rigid Tap Holders or Floating Tap Holders. Landis offers the CNC EZ ROLLER in three sizes: the 1 1/2 CNC, which covers the diametrical range from #0 to #12 or For more information, please contact ATI Landis Threading Systems at 800-358- M1.6 to M5; the 3 CNC, which covers the diametrical range 3500, or visit the company website at www.landisthreadingsystems.com.

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Divided Loyalties?

My company submitted a proposal for rigging services as part of an engineering fi rm’s bid to layout and install machinery at a customer’s manufacturing plant. The job will be profi table, and we work frequently with this engineering fi rm. Since submitting our proposal, I received a call from the manufacturing customer wanting to know if we would work directly with them and split the savings they would realize by cutting out the engineering fi rm’s markup. If we say yes, we’ll do better on the deal, but at minimum, the engineering fi rm will lose their margin on our work and may be cut out of the deal entirely. If we say no, neither of us may get the work. No one’s signed anything yet.

You are justifi ably concerned about violating the time hon- tion. The engineering fi rm will admire you for ored loyalty rule that “you dance with the one that brung ya.” taking a pass on the opportunity to cut them If you agree upfront not to bid directly or not to bid as part of out, which strengthens your relationship with some other engineering fi rm’s proposal, the ethical dilemma them. You will also convey your ethical stan- is answered by the agreement because your agreement iden- dards to the customer, and that may put you tifi es the scope of your loyalty and was made in the absence on the direct bid list next time around because of any actual opportunity. Here, however, you must make the you have some principles to go with your skills. decision under the pressure of real temptation. Being asked to quote directly the next time does First, determine if there is a loyalty confl ict which requires not raise the loyalty issue you’ve raised here. It’s further consideration. You have a good relationship with the a reward for your good work and good fortune. engineering fi rm that benefi ts both of you, so there are solid If the relationship with the engineering fi rm business reasons to notify them of this invitation from the was not important or there are other strong customer. If they don’t care, there may be no loyalty problem, business reasons to do an end run, explain assuming you get an honest answer. Some people, however, those reasons to the engineering fi rm out of never complain. They just harbor resentment and never call respect for whatever relationship you have and you again. You should make it easy for them to be candid. make your move. Although loyalty is admirable If you can be sure they honestly don’t care (maybe they just and usually makes good business sense, it is wanted to submit a “turnkey” bid but expected it to be picked not a millstone weighing you down from oppor- apart anyway), then your ethical dilemma is solved, and you tunities you would lose by respecting it blindly. demonstrated your loyalty. Weighing the short-term gain of disloyalty If they do care, you must weigh the intangible costs of against the long-term cost is more complicated damaging a valuable relationship for what might be a one than just dollars and cents. Most of us are well shot deal. Maybe it’s not a one shot deal, though, and a advised to put an extra weight on the loyalty direct relationship with this type of customer is where you’ve side of the balance.

been trying to take your business for years. Nevertheless, business ethics there is value in loyalty which must be factored into the equa-

TMW will explore business ethics monthly. Have an ethics question? email [email protected].

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production, a lot of people started modifying old cars. Young people in the cities wanted to express their individualism and show that their style was Low Rider different and cooler than normal society, so they started painting the cars and adding customized accessories. To make their statement, they tried went downtown one cold October night to see a string of custom- to make the cars ride as low to the ground as Imade “lowriders” lining Wabash Avenue in Chicago. Almost every possible. Before hydraulics were available, people car was big and American – lots of Cadillacs, Impalas, and Chevrolets, would heat up springs with blow torches and put along with a few pickup trucks. Their vintages spanned from the 1940s sandbags in the cars to keep them riding low. until today – all customized with funky paint jobs; massive stereos; low riding, chromed out wheels; and hydraulics, which enabled them to hop down the street. Three prominent lowrider car clubs of Chicago came that night: El Barrio, UCE/USO, and The Regulators. These Chicago car clubs often get together on the weekends. Members go to show off their rides to one another, listen to music, barbeque and, of course, cruise the streets to and from the meetings. Their kids come along too to show off bicycles they’ve customized. Even though there are several different car clubs in Chicago, people told me that there is no bad blood between them and that almost everybody knows one another, at least by face. Normally, they

Photos by Noah Graff don’t have meetings downtown like they did that night because they sometimes get hassled by police who stereotype them as gangbangers or dope dealers because they are often working class Hispanic males. Several people mentioned that one of their I asked Pablo Cazares from the Regulator car club why almost original inspirations for building lowriders came everybody displaying cars was Mexican. He explained to me that from Cheech Marin’s car, “The Love Machine,” customizing cars for cruising originated in California in the 1940s and from the Cheech and Chong ﬁ lms, which they 1950s. During World War Two, when American car companies stopped joked was “half primer and half painted.” A lot of the car owners from that night have been building lowriders for 10 to 20 years. Many of them are mechanics, some weld or paint, and they all come together to help each other create their lowrider masterpieces. The car owners stressed to me that building the lowrider yourself was imperative. They scoff at people who get other people to build their cars for them. They also said that it’s important to actually drive the cars rather than just take them to shows because that’s what they’re made

for. “They’re for cruising,” they told me. your ride Some people told me that building customized lowrider cars is more like a way of life for them than a hobby. They live for the challenge of modifying a machine to do something it wasn’t originally designed to do. What’s more, they’re blessed with the opportunity to show off their creation to the world, cruising around in style.

Have you got a favorite ride? Looking for antique cars, skateboards, motorcycles or anything else that gets you around. E-mail your story and photo to [email protected].

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Dear Shop Doc, “Shop Doc” column taps In recent years, our shop has been using medium to high pressure oil pumps. into our vast contact base of High pressure oil has allowed us to run our jobs faster and with less chip interference. Our systems work by using a powerful motor attached to a metal gear machining experts to help you pump that pushes oil at a high velocity out of small 1/8 and 3/16 inch break fi nd solutions to your problems. lines. Oil has to be fi ltered well in order to pass through the small lines without clogging. We use 4 1/2 by 12 inch suction strainers to do this. This is the We invite our readers to contribute weakness of the system for us because of downtime associated with changing suggestions and comments on the and cleaning the fi lters. Metals with fi ner chips can clog these fi lters in under an hour, which means an operator must always be watching the machine. Shop Doc’s advice. If you consider Cleaning the fi lters makes an oily mess around the shop. In addition, the suc- yourself a Shop Doc or know a potential tion strainer fi lters the oil so well it overworks the pump and motor, which in Shop Doc, please let us know. You should turn get very hot. The hot pump heats the oil up to 150 degrees Fahrenheit, which makes the machine unworkable and changing fi lters a dangerous job. also check out the TMW online forum at The high pressure system may work tremendously on the cutting side of the www.todaysmachiningworld.com. machine, but the problems associated with fi ltering oil make us question its value because we spend as much as one and a half hours per day dealing with fi lter maintenance. We are losing nearly 20 percent of our production, which is near the gains we were getting to begin with. Our operators are not happy dealing with these fi lters. We are looking for a low cost, simple solu- Have a technical issue you’d tion. like addressed? Please email [email protected]. Dear Strained, Signed, Strained We’ll help solve your problem, then publish both the problem

The solution is simple and inexpensive. Use can be no gaps between the casting and solution in the next issue perforated sheet metal with 1/16 inch perforated and perforated sheet metal; otherwise of the magazine. holes and seal off the back of the machine. chips will pass and clog the system. Many machines without high pressure pumps It will take time to ﬁ t this right. An im- are already done this way, except they are using mediate effect of this method will be a 1/8 inch perforated, which is too large. Run the much quieter pump. These screens will perforated sheet metal at an angle right down the allow much more oil to pass through, track in the machine’s basin. Most Acmes have a which puts much less stress on the pump

track for this. For smaller machines, use smaller motor. Cleaning is much less frequent shop doc perforated sheet metal (1/32 inch is available). than with the suction strainers, and sumps Most importantly, the rear of the machine must run much cooler. The screens can be be spotless before the sheet metal is installed. cleaned by hand or by a metal scraper. The Pipe the inlet down below the perforated sheet operators will be much happier with the lower metal through the hole where the old oil pump maintenance method of ﬁ ltering. used to be and make a metal seal so that no chips can enter below the screened-in area. There Weston Szpondowski Wyandotte Industries, Wyandotte, MI

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6 0 / 0 3 / 0 110/30/06 6:41:04 PM Nancy Today’s Machining World Machining Today’s of GS Design & Machine in Tallassee, of GS Design & Machine in Tallassee, Watt’s of Metric & Multistandard Components Corp. in Corp. of Metric & Multistandard Components Linkage Lynne Weixel Lynne think tank think of Hunter Engineering Company in Bridgeton MO; of Hunter Engineering Company and Roger Stillman Examine the sum of the divisors of 220: Examine the sum of the divisors 1+2+4+5+10+11+20+22+44+55+110=284 Now look at the divisors for 284: 1+2+4+71+142=220 Ron May Gary Sewell Amicable Numbers If the sum of the divisors of a number is equal to a number rst, the pair is said to be whose divisors are equal to the ﬁ amicable. The smallest known pair is 220 and 284. Although amicable numbers have been the subject of intense study Nicolo Paganini, an Italian schoolboy, throughout history, discovered the second smallest pair – 1,184 and 1,210 in 1866. III of Kaibas Machine in Tool in Evant, TX. in Evant, III of Kaibas Machine in Tool

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of Gear Headquarters in Kansas City, KS; of Gear Headquarters in Kansas City, of Weber Systems, Inc. in Menomonee Falls, WI; Falls, Systems, Inc. in Menomonee of Weber Examine the mechanical linkage shown above. The arms are anchored to the mounts Examine the mechanical linkage link connects the blue arms and The red on the other. on one end, but may move freely information, can you determine the path of the white constrains their motion. Given that through a full cycle of motion? point in the middle of the red linkage Dan Cibulskis 220 284 Send in your answer—quick! Fax Jill at 708-535-0103, or email at [email protected] Jill at 708-535-0103, or email Send in your answer—quick! Fax Who responded oh so amicably? Hawthorne, NY; and AL; Weber-Zehren Kevin Albright 2

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