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Getting what you wish for
It is with mixed emotions that I tell you this will be my last column for MODERN MACHINE SHOP. Starting in January 2005, I will be the chief editor...
Modern Machine Shop, 10/01/04 by G. Chris Koepfer · More from publication -
Forecast: it's getting better
Every year, Gardner Publications (parent company of MODERN MACHINE SHOP) conducts a Capital Spending Survey. We've done this survey for 37 years,...
Modern Machine Shop, 09/01/04 by G. Chris Koepfer · More from publication -
Two things this month
First off, as you peruse this big issue of MODERN MACHINE SHOP, you'll notice that several of our regular columnists are missing. This month,...
Modern Machine Shop, 08/01/04 by G. Chris Koepfer · More from publication -
Sometimes the stars align
This month, Mazak Corporation celebrates a milestone anniversary of 30 years of operation at its Florence, Kentucky, campus. The company set up...
Modern Machine Shop, 07/01/04 by G. Chris Koepfer · More from publication -
Deja vu?
Before the industry's 3- (some say 4-) year nosedive, many in the industry were bemoaning the shortage of qualified workers. As manufacturing...
Modern Machine Shop, 06/01/04 by G. Chris Koepfer · More from publication -
Where is metrification … er metrication?
It's obvious that the transition to the metric system in the United States is not zooming along. There is even disagreement about what to call the...
Modern Machine Shop, 05/01/04 by G. Chris Koepfer · More from publication -
Casting your Internet wider
I would love to think that you are reading this copy of MODERN MACHINE SHOP because of the editors' scintillating prose. However, the truth is that...
Modern Machine Shop, 04/01/04 by G. Chris Koepfer · More from publication -
More than a tour
There is little, if any, debate that there is a disconnect between the image of manufacturing held by many outside the field and the reality that...
Modern Machine Shop, 03/01/04 by G. Chris Koepfer · More from publication -
An icon is gone
I think it's safe to say that every professional plying a trade stands on the shoulders of those who came before. How a given profession is defined...
Modern Machine Shop, 02/01/04 by G. Chris Koepfer · More from publication -
Hope or optimism
It's a nice summer Wednesday. Two families are separately planning picnic lunches at a nearby lake for the following Saturday. Both sets of kids...
Modern Machine Shop, 01/01/04 by G. Chris Koepfer · More from publication
