Last month's "How It Works" story gave you the basics of the four-stroke cycle, describing the motion of the intake and exhaust valves in relation to the piston moving up and down in the cylinder.

The job of a camshaft is to open and close the valves at the proper time to fill the cylinders before combustion and vacate them afterward. That sounds simple, but how this job is accomplished greatly ...

For instance, SolidCAM is excellent when considering how well it contributes to work on the production floor. Customers send us a variety of file formats for parts they want us to manufacture, so it's ...