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Tools Include:

Milling cutters (3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines)
Adjustable wrenches
Gauges or inspection fixtures (Angle plates)
Feeler gauges (Angled feeler gauges)
Anvils
Workshop presses (Arbor presses)
Welders (Arc welders)
Metal cutters (Aviation snips)
Hammers (Ball peen hammers)
Bandsaw wheel (Bandsaws)
Shears (Beverly shears)
Binocular light compound microscopes
Boring tools (Boring bars)
Boring tools
Workshop presses (Brake presses)
Hammers (Brass hammers)
Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Brazing equipment)
Lathes (Breaker lathes)
Milling cutters (Bridgeport mills)
Broaching tools (Broachers)
Power buffers (Buffers)
Calipers
Drilling machines (Center drills)
Bevels (Chamfer tools)
Locking pliers (Channel lock pliers)
Power chippers (Chippers)
Chucks
Cold chisels
Power saws (Cold saws)
Power drills (Combination drills)
Locking pliers (Combination pliers)
Combination wrenches
Hammers (Composition hammers)
Milling cutters (Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers)
Lathes (Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes)
Grinding machines (Crankshaft grinders)
Power saws (Cutoff saws)
Sharpening stones or tools or kits (Cylinder honers)
Power grinders (Cylindrical grinders)
Deburring equipment (Deburring tools)
Desktop computers
Calipers (Dial calipers)
Gauges or inspection fixtures (Dial indicators)
Power drills (Drilling machines)
Lathes (Drum lathes)
Gauges or inspection fixtures (Edge finders)
Lathes (Engine lathes)
Feeler gauges
Files
Files (Flat files)
Lathes (Flywheel lathes)
Forklifts
Facial shields (Full face shields)
Height gauges (Gauges)
Grinders
Bench dog (Grinding dogs)
Arbors (Grinding wheel arbors)
Saws (Hacksaws)
Files (Half-round files)
Hand clamps
Saws (Hand saws)
Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Heat-treating equipment)
Height gauges
Calipers (Hermaphrodite calipers)
Hex keys
Hex keys (Hex wrenches)
Boring tools (Horizontal boring bars)
Milling cutters (Horizontal mills)
Hydraulic press frames (Hydraulic presses)
Micrometers (Inside micrometers)
Calipers (Inside spring calipers)
Power planes (Jointers)
Milling cutters (Knee mills)
Ladders
Laser printers
Lathes
Slings (Machine shop rigging equipment)
Hammers (Machinists' hammers)
Squares (Machinists' squares)
Magnetic tools (Magnetic retrievers)
Gage block set (Marking blocks)
Metal inert gas MIG welding machinery (Metal inert gas MIG welders)
Shears (Metal shears)
Welding tools (Metal spray equipment)
Micrometers
Milling cutters (Milling angle form cutters)
Milling machines
Bench vises (Milling vises)
Milling cutters (Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines)
Needlenose pliers
Micrometers (Outside micrometers)
Calipers (Outside spring calipers)
Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Oxyacetylene welding equipment)
Gage block set (Parallel blocks)
Personal computers
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Personal digital assistants PDA)
Screwdrivers (Phillips head screwdrivers)
Drilling machines (Pillar drill machines)
Workshop presses (Pin presses)
Threading dies (Pipe threaders)
Pipe wrenches
Gauges or inspection fixtures (Planer gauges)
Planing machines (Planers)
Plasma welding machinery (Plasma welders)
Platform lift (Platforms)
Power drills
Power saws (Power hacksaws)
Power sanders
Metal stamps or punches (Prick punches)
Pry bars
Metal stamps or punches (Punches)
Putty knives
Workshop presses (Radial drill presses)
Twist drills (Radial drills)
Gauges or inspection fixtures (Radius gauges)
Ratchets (Ratchet sets)
Reamers
Resurfacers (Resurfacing machines)
Gauges or inspection fixtures (Ring gauges)
Mallets (Rubber mallets)
Pneumatic sanding machines (Sandblasters)
Pitch measuring instruments (Screw pitch gauges)
Screwdrivers
Scribers
Workshop presses (Sensitive drill presses)
Gear shapers (Shapers)
Sharpening stones or tools or kits (Sharpening equipment)
Shears
Shim (Shims)
End cut pliers (Side cutting pliers)
Gauges or inspection fixtures (Sine bars)
Hammers (Sledgehammers)
Socket sets (Socket wrench sets)
Soldering irons or guns (Soldering equipment)
Screwdrivers (Spindle blade screwdrivers)
Levels (Spirit levels)
Cold chisels (Square chisels)
Platform lift (Staging equipment)
Rulers (Steel rules)
Wedges (Steel wedges)
Gauges or inspection fixtures (Surface gauges)
Power grinders (Surface grinders)
Swaging tools
Taps or dies (Taps)
Gauges or inspection fixtures (Telescoping gauges)
Thread counters or gauges (Thread gauges)
Threading Machines
Tongs
Blow torches (Torches)
Tube bending machinery (Tube benders)
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding machinery (Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment)
Lathes (Turning lathes)
Lathes (Turret lathes)
Milling cutters (Undercut tools)
Utility knives
Gage block set (V blocks)
Grinding machines (Valve grinding machines)
Protractors (Vernier bevel protractors)
Calipers (Vernier calipers)
Calipers (Vernier gear tooth calipers)
Height gauges (Vernier height gauges)
Milling machines (Vertical milling machines)
Lathes (Vertical turret lathes VTL)
Wedges
Welding tools (Welding equipment)
Safety glasses (Welding lenses)
Welding masks (Welding shields)
Workshop cranes

Technologies Include:

Analytical or scientific software

Armchair Machinist software
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
EditCNC software
Kentech Kipware Software
Kentech Trig Kalculator

Computer aided design CAD software

Autodesk AutoCAD software
Computer aided design CAD software

Computer aided manufacturing CAM software

CNC Mastercam
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
JETCAM software

Electronic mail software

Microsoft Outlook

Facilities management software

Faster Fleet Management software

Industrial control software

Pro CNC software

Office suite software

Microsoft Office software

Project management software

Kentech Kipware PLN
Kentech Kipware QTE
Kentech Kipware TRK

Spreadsheet software

Microsoft Excel

Word processing software

Microsoft Word

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