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Texas Sized Tools for Big, Tough Oil Patch Jobs

Texas Sized Tools for Big, Tough Oil Patch Jobs

Parts used in the oil drilling business, the “Oil Patch,” are tough (36-40 RC), big (diameters to 40”, lengths to 220”), heavy (weights from 500 lb. to 2 tons) and require equally tough, rigid, highly flexible machine tools to deal with them. These are not jobs for the weak-kneed or faint-of-heart (nor their machine tool equivalencies). However, some shops with the right tools thrive on this stuff. Juan Alvarez has spent the better part of 40 yea

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