Jacob Koelsch knows his way around a machining blueprint. The 23-year-old North Huntingdon native is a fourth-year apprentice at Penn State Tool & Die, and for the second year in a row, Koelsch has taken the top spot in the MSC Industrial Supply & National Tooling & Machining Association Pittsburgh
Travis Bayne of New Kensington was focused on cutting a cylinder-shaped piece of aluminum on a manual lathe Friday as part of a competition for apprentice machinists determined to produce a precise, quality machined part as quickly as possible. “You’re trying to get the job done as fast as you