The market for milling machines is on the upswing, not because of hope for a magical federal infrastructure package, but because of local efforts to shore up aging pavements. A relatively small amount ...

Pinpoint Laser Systems (www.pinlaser.com) has developed a laser alignment tool for precision measuring, machine alignment, calibration, and other industrial applications. The company said CNC cutting ...

For his senior design project at Swarthmore College, [Julian] decided to build a metalworking equivalent to the RepRap. [Julian]’s final project is a self-replicating milling machine, and hopefully ...

It combines a compact laser transmitter with a digital receiver and display. The display reads out motion to accuracies of 0.001 in. as the laser movers across the receiver vertically or horizontally.

Modern milling machines look much the same as they did 30 years ago. However, they now must cut superalloys, titanium, and high-tensile steels to closer tolerances and at faster rates than before. To ...