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Every Thursday, our Industry Readlines email features interesting, helpful, or funny things from around the technical world. Whether you are in design, machining, production, or inspection this will be a great weekly read.

We have a special edition of Readlines this week - our "Best of 2025." Below, you will find our top 10 most clicked Readlines items from the past year!

#10 For a Good Laugh: Blaming GD&T won’t fix your mistakes

GD&T isn't the problem...not learning it is.

#9 For a Good Laugh: Machinists agree!

At least they can come together for the common good...

#8 For a Good Laugh: Understanding Position and MMC

Giving Nothing = Giving Everything: MMC’s Sneaky Tolerance Trick

#7 For a Good Laugh: HERE'S ZERO TOL AT MMC!!!

Quoting vs. Zero Tol @ MMC: A Horror Story

#6 For a Good Laugh: Design vs Inspection

A difference in perspective

#5 For a Good Laugh: Tooling Offset

When engineering and manufacturing speak different dialects...

#4 For a Good Laugh: The Urge to Use Profile Tolerance

May the profile be with you

#3 For a Good Laugh: Design Review

Newton's little known 4th law. Its inevitable

#2 For a Good Laugh: Inspecting my first part...

When faking it till you make it falls apart.

#1 For a Good Laugh: Keep or toss?

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