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www.CNC-West.comCNC WEST December 2016/January 2017
VOL. XXXV NO. 2
December/January 2017
The oldest regional industrial publica-
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What Just Happened
and What is Going to
Happen?
We just ended perhaps the craziest election period of all time.
The last few months have been unlike anything that most of us
have ever seen. In fact you could say there has never been a dull
moment in this election. I have a few friends who are jump-
ing with joy with the results and a few that, let’s just say are not
so happy. My guess you know that same division with some of
your friends and colleagues. And I am sure when President elect
Trump takes office, dull moments will be few and far in between.
I know his talk has been to make manufacturing a priority so
fingers are crossed.
I am happy to say that this issue of CNC WEST is not so
crazy. And hopefully it is not dull. Our cover story for our last
issue of 2016 and first of 2017 is about an Anaheim CA shop
that must make ultra-precise dimensional measurements critical
to risk mitigation under AS9100 Rev.C. This is not an easy task.
Read how they beginning on in page 22.
About 15 years ago CNC WEST asked Bob Mosey to do a
story on his shop and he did not want to do it. I saw Bob at a
tradeshow recently and we talked about it and he agreed to have
us come out and CNC WEST is glad he did. Sean Buur did a
great job of finding out about this 40 year- old company that has
no intention of slowing down. Another good one by Sean was
about Cobra Carbide in Riverside, CA. They used to manufacture
tooling in the states, moved all of it to India to save money and
now are in the process of happily moving all of their manufactur-
ing back to the states and Riverside.
We also have stories about a college in Colorado, a recap of
the recent successful Fabtech show in Las Vegas, a report about
Quality machines from Zoller, press releases and much much
more. While this issue may not be as exciting as the recent elec-
tion, it would be fair to say it is anything but dull.
Thanks for reading and wishing you a Fantastic 2017
Sincerely
Shawn Arnold
Shawn Arnold
Publisher