“Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” We all have almost certainly heard this phrase before and most often remember it as a witty adage about the obscurity of life with only two exceptions: everyone at some point will move on (die) and everyone will have to pay taxes. And while I am forced by […]
Archive for September, 2014
Corporate America, Inversion, and Tax Problems
Posted: 30th September 2014 by brednane1981 in Super ToolTags: America, American manufacturing, manufacturing, Super Tool
Planes, Trains, and…Bowling Balls?
Posted: 24th September 2014 by brednane1981 in Carbide, Drilling, Milling, Special Tools, Super ToolTags: America, American manufacturing, carbide tipped, cutting tools, Drilling, Drills, Inventory, manufacturing, Reamers, Reaming, solid carbide, Special Tools, Super Tool, tooling
I’m a bowler. I’ve been bowling in leagues for about 9 years now, and while, I have yet to bowl a perfect game (although I have come pretty close) or pick up that unforgiving 7-10 split (I have never come close at all), I have had my own custom ball since I’ve started. As with […]
Protecting US Humvees from IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan
Posted: 11th September 2014 by brednane1981 in Super ToolTags: America, American manufacturing, carbide tipped, cutting tools, Drill Bit, Drilling, Drilling Problem Solving, Drilling Steel, Drills, manufacturing, Super Tool
In most cases, we do not know the purpose that the tools we are making will be used for. But every so often we do learn about the job, and often times out tools help make some really cool stuff. One that stands out the most, and perhaps the one that I am most proud of, was […]
National MFG DAY 2014
Posted: 10th September 2014 by brednane1981 in Super ToolTags: America, American manufacturing, carbide tipped, cutting tools, Drill Bit, Drilling, Education, Inventory, machining material, manufacturing, re-shoring, Reshoring, Special Tools, Super Tool
The United States was founded by a group of people who were by and large do-it-yourselfers. It comes as no surprise that over the decades the American people have only grown in that same attitude and because of it we have created one of the world’s most powerful economies and one of the best environments […]