Balford metalworking engineering answers

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claude mcp add --transport http ask https://balford.net/ask/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask": {
      "url": "https://balford.net/ask/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "ask": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://balford.net/ask/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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URL: https://balford.net/ask/mcp

Tools 3 found in our last check

• ask_balford_engineering

  Answer a metalworking engineering or sourcing question from Balford's own published engineering material. Covers fine blanking and thinning / ironing deep drawing as focus processes, plus progressive and transfer dies, precision stamping, sheet metal, CNC, brazing, annealing, pl…

• 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 Balford has actually published on a topic, to gather source URLs for a citation, or to ground your own reasoning. Costs no model tokens. Answer…

• 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 page for each. Use this to find the right published answer before asking a free-form question, or to see whether a topic is covered at all. Co…

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