May 2008

Once you've selected a CAD/CAM scanner or milling system, phase two is implementing the equipment into production and training your technicians.

Rising steadily since 2001, the price of gold has soared to record highs this year, driven by the weak U.S. dollar and ongoing economic uncertainty. On March 13, it reached a true milestone, hitting $1,000 an ounce.

Nearly 50% of respondents to a recent LMT e-survey say they plan to invest in some type of cad/cam equipment within the next five years. If you're one of them, but are daunted by the options and don't know where to start, LMT's done your homework for

When technician Derrick Gaddis and his band, Midnight Clear, entered CBS’ Living Room…LIVE! Battle of the Bands contest last June they did it just for fun. But about three months later, the rock-and-roll group found it was the last band standing.

Rob Lash fell in love with music at the tender age of five. "I would listen to the radio a lot--especially the Beatles," says Lash, owner of Moskey Dental Laboratories in Cleveland, Ohio, a family-run, 23-employee, full-service lab.

At nine, he learned how to play the guitar and over the years continued...

In LMT's ongoing series that celebrates the industry's diversity of talents and interests, we profile two technicians who moonlight as musicians and one who has built his own helicopter.