Previous headquarters of Useful Thing Inc. They made the best widget you could buy in the 80s. Like most hackers, I’ve run into a part that looks like it might do what I want, but the only ...

The new Jenoptik Wavemove automated surface roughness and contour measuring system includes up to seven CNC axes for complete high-accuracy measurement and evaluation of complex shaft or prismatic ...

When it comes to creating miniature parts, innovative cutting and machining processes continually make more intricate features and precise geometries possible. Although advanced machining can create ...

An unproductive settlement has to be made between satisfactory throughput and adequate data coverage when measuring high-slope machined components. This is because metrology tools involve some type of ...

SMD parts are great; they allow you to pack more parts on a board, do away with drilling dozens of PCBs, and when done correctly can produce a factory-quality board made in a home lab. There’s one ...

Multiface polygonal mirrors and high-speed motors make it possible for Mitutoyo America Corp. LSM-544 Series laser-scan micrometers to operate up to 1,600 scans per second. This is ideal for measuring ...

A screen from CAM2 shows measuring guides for a complex fixture. Purple cylinders are locator pins. Four pins describe the corners of the large grid that holds a zero point or common coordinate origin ...