Running a small machine shop can lead to a fulfilling career, but the owner or owners need to start the business on the right foot by choosing the best business structure for the new company. Business ...

Depending on its output, a machine shop’s loadout details will vary from one operation to the next. Still, many of the health risks are universal, appearing in every shop. What are the most common ...

Robotic automation has the potential to revolutionize the machine shop, allowing machining shops to increase efficiency and productivity while reducing costs. With robots taking on more of the tedious ...

As more customers seek one-stop shopping for their metal fabrications, more job shops are adding machining capabilities. AzmanL/E+ Machining and sheet metal fabrication are two distinct disciplines.

Here are the American Machinist 10 Best Machine Shops for 2007. They were chosen through a process that starts with hard data and ends with site-visits by American Machinist editors and, in the end, ...