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Lean Manufacturing – Maximize Value, Minimize Waste
The Lean Enterprise Institute defines lean manufacturing as a process designed to maximize customer value while minimizing waste. Or, to create more value for customers with fewer resources. A lean company understands customer value, and focuses its key processes to...
Nose cone
For the nose cones of the ballon I decided to use the 3 axis part of the router. It was a quicker way of doing things in this case. I first measured up the balloon to determine the angle and size of the nose cone, then began building the file in EnRoute.
Quilted balloon on 4 axis router
On Friday it was time to put our first real project on the four axis MultiCam and give it a whirl. IT would be the hot air balloon
Featured Customers: Sign
Have Your Company Featured in Sign Making News 2012 at Coastal Enterprises has started out with a bang - right where 2011 left off! We sincerely thank you for your support, feedback, and business. We know we’re successful because you are, so we’d like to give back...
What if?
Today was a day of WHAT IFS! Sean Kirsch and Craig Sior had worked out all the hickups on the MultiCam fourth axis machine and now it was time to start figuring out the things that were now possible. We started with a basic barrel shape. A raised and bevelled letter A was added for good measure.
Featured Customers: Industrial
Have Your Company Featured in Tooling News 2012 at Coastal Enterprises has started out with a bang - right where 2011 left off! We sincerely thank you for your support, feedback, and business. We know we’re successful because you are, so we’d like to give back and...
Check out this beautiful sign from Piccadilly!
Paul and Kelsey Martin of Piccadilly Signs, located in Winnipeg, Canada, sent us several pictures of a beautiful sign they crafted using Precision Board Plus HDU. Using PBLT-15, they handcarved a 24" x 32" piece in two layers, and stacked it to 2" thick. They then...
Keep Your CNC Router In Tip Top Shape
MultiCam Canada, a CNC manufacturer, recently shared an interesting tweet about maintaining a CNC router. Many times when router maintenance is being performed, certain critical components of the CNC are overlooked. Check out what MultiCam has to say on keeping your...
Garden Railroad Creations
Rainbow Ridge creates a variety of impressive model railroad buildings, scenery and kits for garden railroads from Precision Board Plus. Using PBLT-15, PBLT-18 and PBLT-20, they offer pre-patterned surfaces such as stone, brick, shingles, wood, logs and planks. See...