Which to buy first, a lathe or a mill? It’s a tough question for the aspiring home machinist with limited funds to spend on machine tools, but of course the correct answer is a lathe. With a lathe, we ...

A close view of high-feed milling in process. Ingersoll’s high-feed Powerfeed Plus tool feeds faster and cuts lighter, to accelerate metal removal and protect Wemco’s light-frame CNC machines.

Linear motion components provide the foundation for smooth axis movement on a machine tool. Here are factors to consider when choosing machines with linear motion components that are durable and ...

It’s easy to assume that not much has changed with face mills for a while. There’s been so much attention on other milling processes over the last few years, and face mills, or shell mills, were ...

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 ...

A farmer-inventor from Oriental Mindoro has advanced to the finals of the 2026 Presidential Filipinnovation Awards after presenting a homegrown feed milling technology designed to help livestock ...

For decades, improvements in grinding circuit performance have often focused on the equipment itself—larger mills, stronger liners, or improved grinding media. While these innovations have played an ...