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Time Flies and Money Burns
- By Joe Thompson
- Nov 3, 2015
- Management
- Blog Post
Money is not at all like energy, which, according to the first law of thermodynamics, can neither be created nor destroyed. In my experience, money can be destroyed fairly quickly and easily. Burned through, really. Time, like the old saying goes, is money. In math terms it would be written as...
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
A Magnetic Drill Primer
- By Joe Thompson
- Oct 20, 2015
- Fabricating
- Article
Magnetic drills can be the workhorses of any fabrication activity ... if the correct model is chosen.
Sweet Home Sussex Drive
- By Joe Thompson
- Oct 2, 2015
- Management
- Blog Post
Our leaders are now entering the home stretch of their 11-week, cross-country federal election campaign. But when the home in question sits at Ottawa’s 24 Sussex Drive, the stakes are high. Only two election campaigns in our history have been longer than this year’s 78 days, and they were...
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Cut the Chatter
- By Joe Thompson
- Sep 15, 2015
- Management
- Article
Chatter during an end mill operation reduces surface finish quality and tool life.
Manufacturing Moves, in Black and White
- By Joe Thompson
- Sep 9, 2015
- Management
- Blog Post
Author and spiritualist Deepak Chopra has said that the next step in man’s evolution will be survival of the wisest. We already know about individual wisdom—Gandalf the Grey taught us about that. But what about businesses? How can they become wise? The short answer is this: It starts at...
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Make Parts, Not Health Problems
- By Joe Thompson
- Aug 18, 2015
- Metalworking
- Article
Reducing the amount of oil mist in shop air improves worker heath.
No Special Grecian Formula for Debt Reduction
- By Joe Thompson
- Aug 10, 2015
- Cutting Tools
- Blog Post
It’s a fable not even Aesop could create, an epic larger than Homer’s “Odyssey,” and a math problem that would stump Pythagoras: What the heck is going on in Greece? If I miss paying a cable bill I get telephone calls, letters, and thinly veiled threats of loss of service. And it’s...
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Getting to the Meat of Lean
- By Joe Thompson
- Jul 13, 2015
- Management
- Article
Understanding mura, muda, and muri eliminates waste, boosts productivity.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Manufacturing Protection
- By Joe Thompson
- Jul 7, 2015
- Made In Canada
- Article
Metaline protects its clients with ballistic steel and custom vehicles.
How the Government Almost Wrecked Canada Day
- By Joe Thompson
- Jul 7, 2015
- Management
- Blog Post
On July 1, 1867, the British North America Act (now called the Constitution Act) was set in place, creating a country where only colonies had stood before. The following year, the nation’s first governor general, Charles Stanley Monck, asked his fellow Canadians to celebrate our founding on...
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Technology Spotlight: Multitasking/Additive Manufacturing Machine
- By Joe Thompson
- Jun 18, 2015
- Metalworking
- Article
Having both additive and subtractive machining technology enables highly complex parts to be built.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Reducing Vibration in Deep Boring
- By Joe Thompson
- Jun 18, 2015
- Management
- Article
Vibration is the enemy in deep-hole boring applications.
Budget 2015 Extends Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance
- By Joe Thompson
- Jun 4, 2015
- Management
- Blog Post
Everybody creates budgets. Everyone plans a certain amount for the mortgage; the bills; and for afterwork, barley-based beverages. It’s as natural as the air we breathe. The government—essentially a multibillion-dollar corporation— unveiled its latest budget amidst much hoopla and...
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Technology Spotlight: Cryogenic Machining System
- By Joe Thompson
- May 28, 2015
- Metalworking
- Article
Cryogenic machining occurs at -321 degrees F and can extend tool life and allow for increased cutting speed.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Playing It Safe With Machine Guarding
- By Joe Thompson
- May 13, 2015
- Metalworking
- Article
Machine guarding should protect the worker from physical contact, debris, dust, fume, and even noise.
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