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PHOTO : Sandy Stewart's cutting edge tooling research was boosted by a $25,000 grant from IWF. The research into rake and clearance angles could lead to longer tool life.The non-working television and that lunch with the repairman/salesman/gentleman ended up effecting my life tremendously. After that lunch-time conversation, my life took on an approach that I probably never would of thought of before. As I was already working full-time for someone else and starting a business on the side, my new thought was to set goals for the following 5 years and certainly had incentive to meet them. Going to work full-time for someone else had a new meaning, especially when you start to see your extra hard work through the part-time sideline business start to pay off and you have a feeling that someday your going to say to the boss, "I'm taking my talent elsewhere."The latest project is an extension of an earlier study, also partially funded by the IWF, which focused on tool wear from machining wood and composites, such as hardwoods and MDF.This gentleman soon explained that they worked in the nearby factory full-time while also making furniture. They moonlighted creating the furniture and began selling to individuals, which helped with extra income in order to invest in the business. He explained about the quality of the furniture they made over large manufacturers, which brought them repeat business. Although this statement stuck with me, it was his next statement that helped my mind's conditioning towards my own business. He mentioned that his brother and himself set a goal of working in the factory full-time for 5 years while they worked on expanding their furniture business. Within that 5 years, they made enough extra furniture to create an inventory to supply and open their own outlet store. This gentleman also went to school to learn television repair, which helped to enhance their business. Once the goal of 5 years was completed, these two entrepreneurs had one goal in mind, to quit the day jobs and work that newly available time in their own developed business. By this time they had acquired all the tools needed to create fine furniture, an outlet store, another sideline with television sales and repair business, a couple delivery vehicles, and most important for any business, a very satisfied clientele of repeat customers.Can you guess who decides to also get some lunch and join us? If you guessed the television salesman, you're absolutely correct! Actually though, it was a nice meal, very friendly and informative. To be fair, the salesman was/is a nice guy and we was pleased with the purchase of the "new" television. It turned out that the television lasted many years and we returned to purchase a new one from the same place after it quit functioning. Okay, now back to the lunch time conversation."What we found was that the real culprits were high temperature corrosion and oxidation," Stewart said. "This is different from what we find when machining green wood, which shows regular corrosion because sap conducts electricity - providing electrical current between the workpiece and the tool."In order for abrasion to occur, a harder material must indent a softer material to form a scratch. Stewart's study showed no evidence of that at the knife edge.
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Author: Bill Enslen
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