Would you look at that, once again it’s everyone’s favorite time of the year to not die, National Safety Month! Last year we celebrated by giving you some general tips to stay alive while working with machines that cut steel...
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It's National Safety Month...Let's Talk Laser Cutter Machine Safety
by J. Quentin Murray on 6/26/18 1:14 PM
CNC lathes, grinders, EDMs and more to be sold through an online auction ending on July 18, 2018.
MMI Auction, a division ofMachinery Marketing Internationalwas chosen to facilitate this single facility machine shop...
Machinery Marketing International is Exhibiting at IMTS 2018
by J. Quentin Murray on 6/20/18 3:16 PM
Metal Corrugation Plant Auctions Collection of Roll Formers Via MMI
by J. Quentin Murray on 6/14/18 6:20 PM
In preparation for new customer orders, a corrugation plant used MMI auction to sell a set of machines no longer needed, including two massive rolling machines.
Midwest Fabrication Plant Auctions a Full Suite of Equipment through MMI
by J. Quentin Murray on 6/14/18 3:50 PM
A Midwest fabrication plant auctioned off about 80 presses and fabrication machines using Machinery Marketing International’s managed online auction service.
3 Quick Machine Tool Tips Every Machinist Should Know
by J. Quentin Murray on 8/17/17 4:20 PM
CNC Machining is a complicated business, whether dealing with Used CNC machines or new, everyone runs their shop a little differently. Because of that, certain simple machine tool tricks may completely fly under the radar of...
Haas vs Mazak: Pros and Cons of Budget CNC Machinery
by J. Quentin Murray on 8/10/17 3:57 PM
If you're active in the CNC machining community to any degree, you've likely heard the names Haas and Mazak tossed around a lot. They are two juggernauts of the industry, each taking up huge shares of the market and each...
Free Guide: How To Sell Used CNC Machines and Equipment
by J. Quentin Murray on 8/9/17 2:49 PM
So you're going to sell your used CNC equipment, and you want to maximize the ease—and profits—of doing so. Maybe you're a new hobbyist, looking to trade your first lathe in for something a little more powerful. Or maybe...
The 6 Best Videos Online of CNC Machines
by J. Quentin Murray on 8/3/17 3:06 PM
Watching a CNC machine at work is actually really cool. In the day to day grind of grueling shop work it can be easy to forget that fact, but it's true, and it's probably why many of you got into this trade in the first...
The Best CNC Milling Machine Brands
by J. Quentin Murray on 8/2/17 4:45 PM
Milling machines are, barring perhaps the lathe, the most widely used varieties of machine tools—and why shouldn't they be? Spanning from 5-axes to machining centers to Bullards, there's probably a milling machine for any...
5 Must Know Tips for Machine Shop Safety
by J. Quentin Murray on 7/26/17 1:41 PM
There are so many things to love about CNC machining: watching a formless hunk of metal given form and purpose, executing a program flawlessly after hours of design work, or even just watching these complex tools at work. My...
Machining History: The Origin of the Laser Cutter
by J. Quentin Murray on 7/20/17 4:09 PM
Lasers; the stuff of science fiction for most people, but for machinists they are just another tool in the shop. It's pretty incredible, really, how something as fantastic as cutting metal with a beam of light can become so...
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