Establishing a good relationship with your cutting tool salesperson can benefit your operation. A good salesperson can help solve problems you don't have time to tackle and offer recommendations for machining difficult parts. The author also addresses what to do when a relationship sours.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2000-05-01
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/tool-men/
Legacy path: /articles/tool-men