Eli Plaskett Associate Editor

Eli Plaskett

Eli Plaskett Associate Editor

Eli Plaskett joined the Modern Machine Shop team in the fall of 2017. He is a native of Youngstown, Ohio and graduated from Ohio University in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and English. After college, he wrote freelance and traveled the country before moving to Cincinnati, Ohio.

He is currently an Associate Editor at Modern Machine Shop and Content Writer and Designer at Gardner Business Media, the magazine’s parent company. He writes and edits blog posts and feature-length stories for the magazine as well as for its sister publications.

Check out some of his articles:

How Metal Burnishing Can Significantly Improve Product Life

5 Tips for Making the Switch to Micromachining

Standing Aid Reduces Chronic Leg and Back Pain

Hybrid-AM tibial plateau prosthesis
Metal AM

DMG MORI Powder Bed Machine Sees North American Release

DMG MORI's Lasertec 30 SLM uses a modular powder bed to enable fast material changes between or even during the build. 

June 18, 2018 - Eli Plaskett

Hans Geiger AM prototype mold tool
Prototyping

PolyJet Process Speeds Injection Mold Prototyping

By 3D printing prototype mold tools, German moldmaker Hans Geiger Spritzgießtechnik reduced both the time and money required to produce them.

June 8, 2018 - Eli Plaskett

4-H Blue Ridge University of Arizona Fab Lab

Providing the Next Generation with Digital Fabrication Tools and Education

Equipped with machines from Roland DGA, the first 4-H Fab Lab will provide students in Lakeside, Arizona, with a chance to learn manufacturing skills at their own pace.

February 28, 2018 - Eli Plaskett

Kärcher K2 power washer
Moldmaking

Conformally Cooled Injection Mold Reduces Cooling Time by 55 Percent

With Renishaw’s help, Kärcher ended its production bottleneck using 3D-printed molds with conformal cooling channels.

December 22, 2017 - Eli Plaskett