In President Obama’s recent State of the Union address he introduced a plan for $30 billion of TARP money to be lent to small businesses through the banking network. This shot in the arm is exactly what small business needs to regain working capital for new investments and expansion. Too bad the average small business [...]
CNC Software, Inc. has introduced Mastercam X4 for SolidWorks, a fully integrated CAM application that runs seamlessly in SolidWorks. SolidWorks users can now program their parts directly within SolidWorks using Mastercam’s industry-leading toolpaths and machining strategies. Mastercam for SolidWorks provides a full suite of cutting strategies, including Feature Based Machining (FBM) and 3D High Speed [...]
Chalk up another casualty to the decline in the US economy and another hit towards manufacturing in this country. The December 2009 edition of American Machinist Magazine was its last printed edition. Although it wasn’t a big surprise since we reported Modern Applications News Magazine’s demise back in June ’09, we never expected we could [...]
Dust is such a dirty thing! But when it comes to machining graphite, dust can be a machine killer. The use of graphite in EDM machining is very common in the US, and is increasingly used in Europe and Asia. It is easy to machine, has excellent wear resistance, and performs well in most EDM [...]
A note from CNC Report host Jay Pierson: Hello everybody. I was all geared up to do another episode, one that would impress and inspire, but then I ran across a presentation that does a far greater job of impressing and inspiring than I ever could. Woody Norris is an inventor and entrepreneur I greatly [...]
Update: Please see out hands on product review of this product at http://www.cncreport.com/productreview-silvent-cold-air-nozzle/. Cold air cutting doesn’t require hooking up the AC to your machine. Cold air guns convert compressed air into cold air without the use of any moving parts. It’s almost magical, yet it’s simple science. The Silvent F1 Air Nozzle is designed [...]
In this week’s episode, host Jay Pierson interviews Ed Cross from Oxygen Education. The company has developed a program for learning Haas controls appropriately found at LearnHaas.com. Plus, learn a little more about what Jay thinks of today’s formal educational system.
Haas Automation has made it even easier for Fadal owners to make the switch by allowing them to bring their programs with them. The Haas control will now translate and run most Fadal-specific CNC programs – without re-posting or manual editing – right at the Haas control. The program can then be set up and [...]
The Kalamazoo Machine Tool Model H310SA semi-automatic horizontal bandsaw allows quick and easy setup, and full-cycle semi-automatic operation. The sawing controls are simple, logical, and easy to understand. The operator places the workpiece in the machine and then pushes a single button. The vise clamps and the material size is automatically sensed by the sawframe, [...]
The fax machine is a powerful tool that gained widespread use in the 1980’s, but with email becoming a far superior method of transmitting documents, the fax is quickly becoming an archaic, yet necessary component to the modern office. Though I would personally love to eliminate its use altogether, it remains so easy for anyone [...]
