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Hot Chips: Getting Burned in the Workplace

Aug. 12, 2014

American Machinist's LinkedIn page is a busy place.  Active discussions range from Reshoring to Training.  But one particular discussion brought some humor and attention to the realities of machine shop work.  Hot Chips.  They hurt.  This discussion was started by LinkedIn member Russ Bowman, who shared a funny, but not so funny incident that occurred...

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