LibGuides: Precision Machine Technology: Online Resources

Useful Websites

American Machinist
Find information on metalworking, machining, industrial automation processes and technology developments, product design for metalworking industries.
Machine Tools Online
Information site for the machine tools community. Includes industry news, product information, used equipment marketplace, job openings, reports, and updates.
Modern Machine Shop
Modern Machine Shop is focused on all aspects of metalworking technology. Providing the new product technologies; process solutions; supplier listings; application videos; business management content and networking.
Practical Machinist
Practical Machinist is the a great site to learn new techniques, get answers quickly and discuss common challenges with your peers.

Here are web forums where you can "chat" with other machinists on topics of current interest and do a little networking.

Machinist Jobs in ME
A job site dedicated to machining careers. Check other states in the region, or look for exotic places to move!
Machinists and Tool & Die Makers
Career information from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Occupational Employment & Wages
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a site showing where machinists are more often employed, where the best pay is, and other useful info.

The following are some of the many professional associations for those employed in PMT fields.

Open Educational Resources (OER) are free online materials that anyone can access anytime.

FRCC Precision Machining Introduction
"Introduction to Machining This module is designed to provide an introduction to the basic concepts required for a career as a machinist. Prospective students who have no experience with machine tools and those returning to the field after a long absence should consider taking this module as a basis for the other more advanced topics."
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Hutchinson, J., Krupp, C., Front Range Community College. (2021, January 15).
FRCC Precision Machining Introduction. MERLOT. Retrieved September 28, 2022, from https://merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=817902

U.S. Army. (1919). Earn while you learn Wanted machinists [Recruitment Poster] Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/00651600/