Posts by markg

As a toolmaker, I find that one is always a little on edge not knowing the state of manufacturing. There is a constant rumour mill about the looming layoff or the coming slow down. If you give in to...

This is always a great question: How do I become a Tool and Die Maker. Normally, when you get asked that question, you’re being asked by a young person either full of excitement because they have...

2020 was an epic year and with all the shutdowns due to the pandemic for manufacturers. For machinists and tool and die makers, it definitely is a year we are happy to see pass, but there is a lot to...

This book really was a great help through my apprenticeship so I thought I should share it with you today. The book is titled Technology of Machine Tools. I got this book through my training college...

Now here is a book I have a love-hate relationship with, Basics Die Making was the core textbook for my Tool and Die Apprenticeship at the college I went to. This book is the foundation of the...

This is an oldie but a goody! I say that because it was published in 1982, but better than that, I bought this book second hand and it had a library pocket in the back that showed the last time it...