Used equipment offers your business the opportunity to incorporate the latest technology into woodworking processes. Computer numerically controlled (CNC) devices have greatly advanced the types of wood products companies are capable of producing. Milling machines are intended for solid pieces of wood and may be classified as horizontal or vertical depending upon the spindle orientation. [...]
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The Advantages of Using a CNC Wood Router
by admin on 28. Oct, 2011 in RTMachine News
When they start their career, many woodworkers use standard plunge-base and fixed-base routers. But when they experience a rise in production demand, the need to produce intricate pieces, or the need to produce larger pieces, they replace these routers with one or more computer numerical control (CNC) routers. Allowing wood to be cut with incredible [...]
Buying the Best CNC Mill Machine: Cost Considerations
by admin on 28. Oct, 2011 in RTMachine News
Milling machines are at the heart of most woodworking operations. Used to produce wood stock for tables, countertops, and other products, milling precedes the refined processes that we think of as “woodwork.” Consequently, it is often completed in an expedited manner – a scenario for which computer numerical controlled (CNC) milling machines are ideal. A [...]
CNC Routers for Woodworking: Evaluating Routers by Grade
by admin on 27. Oct, 2011 in RTMachine News
From intricate cutouts to stair risers, routers can produce a variety of work pieces. But what they produce and how fast they produce it depends on their control method: manual control or computer numerical control (CNC), in which a computer controls the cutter heads. Computer controlled routers come in three grades: hobby grade, mid grade, [...]
CNC Woodworking Machines: Their Advantages and Disadvantages
by admin on 27. Oct, 2011 in RTMachine News
CNC machinery revolutionized the commercial woodworking process. At a time when machines were operated manually, CNC technology made them operable by computer – a sweeping improvement that made high speed, high quality production a reality. Today, CNC machines’ cutting accuracy and production speed are at an all time high. But before you buy one, it [...]