Published Articles
"Nobody really writes anything new, especially me.
They take something somebody else did, spin it around to fit their personality,
and call it original... It's as American as apple pie..."
David
Lee Roth 1984 - Commenting on the lyrics he'd written for Van Halen's first 5
LPs
To review the
outline of my newly released book about Industrial Metrology, click here
Simple steps to avoid GD&T headaches appeared in the July 2008 issue of Tooling and Production
magazine.
Flatness and Parallelism are not Synonyms appeared in the December 2007 issue of Tooling and Production
magazine.
"Training
- Whom should we send?"appeared in the July 2007 issue of Tooling and Production
magazine. This article explains how to determine your "real" leaders in the
shop.
"Let's
rethink circularity" appeared in the March 2006 issue of Tooling and Production
magazine and deals with how circularity or "roundness" is often misinterpreted
as a diametric tolerance as opposed to radial.
"Concise
O.E.E. made E-A-S-Y" is the second article (of a series) explaining the
simple equations used to determine Overall Equipment Effectiveness. This article
was published in the December 2005 issue of Tooling and Production
magazine.
"Concentricity:
Distance x 2" appeared in the January 2006 issue of Tooling and Production
magazine and explains the often misinterpreted DIAMETRIC tolerance of
Concentricity.
"Correct
part rotation can produce "Perfect Vectors" explains how DCC CMM Direction
Vectors can be as easy as counting to one. This article appeared in the May 2005
issue of Tooling and
Production magazine.
Same Problem; Different
Resolution, an article concerning gage resolution in shop-floor
applications, appears in the March 2005 issue of Modern Machine Shop.
"The
inch rules - Why the metric system will never replace decimal inch" appeared
in the August 2001 issue of Tooling and Production
magazine. This explains why Metric is perfect in a Math classroom but Inch is
superior on the shop floor.
"Uncertainty
is a real world issue" was featured in the January 2002 quality preview of Tooling and Production
magazine. This story exaplains
how the 6 elements of every measurement effect the results obtained by the
measurement system. The article was also selected for posting on the isixsigma
website.
Making
the most of gage management software for ISO/QS9000 was published by Modern Machine Shop in 2002. This brief article
helps you select the gage management software that will serve as the cornerstone
for your facility's quality system.
Understanding errors in
hand-held instruments appeared in a 2003 issue of Modern Machine Shop and explains how some
instruments have errors actually built right in them... believe it or not.
"Overall
Equipment Effectiveness" appeared in the November 2002 and September 2004
issues of Tooling and
Production magazine.
"Vectors-
CNC CMMs push the envelope" was selected to appear in the February 2003 issue
of Tooling and
Production magazine. This explains the concept of DCC CMM direction vectors
on a $5 calculator.
"Thermal
Effects in the real world" ran in the October 2004 issue of Tooling and Production.
This article explains the Algebra used to calculate thermal expansion.
"Exposing
the Myth of True Position" was published by Tooling and Production
also, and explains the best kept secrets of positional tolerances.
"Bonus
Tolerancing: a True Balancing act" the follow up to "Exposing the Myth" was
published in the February 2005 issue of Tooling and Production.
CMM Monthly magazine was
a very good publication that unfortunately only released 2 issues. I wrote a
column titled "As Good as It gets" which
explained case studies using sample CMM measurments and Jr. High level
statistics to calculate the certainty of the CMM in different applications. To
receive the entire series and/or Pdf versions on the 2 issues of CMM Monthly
magazine e-mail me.
In
the (not too distant) future, a follow up article concerning CMM Direction
Vectors is slated for a future issue of Tooling and Production.
Also, I am currently working with Nelson
Publishing on a series of articles concerning G,D,& T and CMMs. This
series would serve as a follow up to "Exposing
the Myth of True Position" and "Bonus
Tolerancing: a True Balancing act".
Special thanks to Joe McKenna,
Paul Matheis, Jim Lorincz, Sara Tambascio, Pete Zelinski, and Rick Mattox for
making these articles happen.
