CNC West Oct Nov Web

42 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST October/November 2018 A utomatic Specialty Co is family owned and operated screw machine shop, manufacturing specialty hardware; nuts, bolts, screws, and washers. For decades they’ve relied on the accuracy and reliability of their Brown & Sharpe single-spindle Ultra- matic screw machines. After 75 years and millions and millions of parts, 4th generation machinist Nathan Don- aldson recently invested in two new Ganesh SL20Y2 Swiss turning centers to better serve his customers. Nate’s great grandfather Raymond Beckerman opened Automatic Specialty Co in 1943 out of a gas station in Huntington Park, Ca. They still run some of the same parts from the 40’s and even service many of the same custom- ers. “Companies like Zephyr Tool have been with us for- Within the span of a year Automatic Specialty went from a shop having never had a new CNC machine before to owning two Ganesh SL20Y2 Swiss turning centers. Once Nate got the first one on the floor and running he couldn’t keep up with the new orders placed. There was no room in the schedule to run the parts he originally bought the machine to run. So he purchased an identical machine to get the job done. His production gains have far exceeded his hopes and he loves his new found ability to run lights out. 4TH GENERATION MACHINIST ADDS NEW GENERATION OF CNC AT AUTOMATIC SPECIALTY CO