Balford metalworking engineering answers

Metal stamping, deep drawing and DFM answers from Balford's own published engineering pages.

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to balford.net. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http balford-metalworking-engineering-answers https://balford.net/ask/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

• ask_balford_engineering — Answer a metalworking engineering or sourcing question from Balford's own published engineering material. Covers fine blanking and thinning
• search_balford_material — Retrieve the passages of Balford's published engineering material that match a query, without writing an answer. Use this to check what Balf
• list_engineering_topics — List the canonical engineering questions Balford's knowledge base is built around, grouped by process family, with the URL of the answer pag

KitScout test notes

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