Episode 30: Dealing With a New Engineer | Should You Hammer a Part in the Vise?

Join Ian in this episode of shop talk as he breaks down two hot topics from the Practical Machinist forum.

When difficulties between machinists and engineers arise, there are different ways approach the situation. Ian walks through a couple of the different options and even offers his own opinion. Let us know in the comments any similar experiences you have had, and how it was solved or what you learned from it. You can grab the forum thread here.

The second forum discussion may seem simple but it drove quite the conversation. The big debate: Do you hammer your part into the vise? There are many machinists who find this to be standard practice, and many machinists who would argue this to be terrible practice. What do you think? Let us know in the comments section below! Grab the second forum thread here.

Are you a member on the Practical Machinist forum? If you are, share a thread you think Ian should discuss by dropping the link in the comments!

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