Hackaday Links: September 20, 2026
Hackaday Links: September 20, 2026 No comments by: Tom Nardi September 20, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Some sad news to start this week off — after 52 years in business, Sherline has announced they are winding down their manufacturing operations. By the end of October they estimate they’ll have produced their last tool, and although they will no longer be making new products, they plan on supporting their existing customers for as long as possible. Although from the sound of the press release, that may mean simply keeping the website up and selling through their inventory of spare parts.
- ▪Hackaday Links: September 20, 2026 No comments by: Tom Nardi September 20, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Some sad news to start this week off — after 52 years in business, Sherline has announced they are winding down their manufacturing
- ▪By the end of October they estimate they’ll have produced their last tool, and although they will no longer be making new products, they plan on supporting their existing customers for as long as possible.
- ▪Although from the sound of the press release, that may mean simply keeping the website up and selling through their inventory of spare parts.
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Hackaday Links: September 20, 2026 No comments by: Tom Nardi September 20, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Some sad news to start this week off — after 52 years in business, Sherline has announced they are winding down their manufacturing operations. By the end of October they estimate they’ll have produced their last tool, and although they will no longer be making new products, they plan on supporting their existing customers for as long as possible. Although from the sound of the press release, that may mean simply keeping the website up and selling through their inventory of spare parts. The company offered a range of American-made miniature lathes and mills, and while their manual machines may have been better known in our community, they did eventually branch out into CNC.
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