by Phil Kerner | Jul 23, 2018 | Free Stuff, Tool and Die Making History
Over the last month or so, I've made friends with John Shirk, a fellow who happens to own Indicare Precision Gage Repair in Dayton, Ohio. He actually called in to Working Hands Radio one night, and we had a great conversation about dial indicators. John recently...
by Phil Kerner | Jul 22, 2018 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Real Manufacturing Experiences
This is an online course that I taught in August of 2017. In this video - over an hour long - I'll show you all of the little tricks and tools I use on a daily basis to get my work done as quickly and as accurately as possible. I think I've made this point a few...
by Phil Kerner | Jul 9, 2018 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Surface Grinding
In this lesson, I'll show you how I set up and locate a split line to cut these large retaining rings in half. It should be noted that with a little care you can do amazing work with a scribe line and a good set of eyes. I can't tell you how many times during...
by Phil Kerner | Jul 9, 2018 | Members Only: The Tool Room, The Basics - Milling, The Basics - Workholding
Every once in a while, I have to run some parts where - as you can see from the photos below - the drill or reamer is going to come pretty close the edge. This means I'm probably going to run into the parallels underneath the part once the drill breaks through. Since...
by Phil Kerner | Apr 23, 2018 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Real Manufacturing Experiences
One of the things that keeps me interested at work is when I get a challenge. Yes, after 40+ years...I have to put on my thinking cap. I have to admit that after I figured it out, the answer was quite obvious. But I will admit that I did have to think about this one...
