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4 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST October/November 2018 VOL. XXXVII NO.1 October/November 2018 The oldest regional industrial publica- tion serving the Western States man- ufacturing managers, owners and engineers from 1 employee to those larger plants of 5,000 or more. Its editorials feature numerical control applications in all size machine shops, tooling, programming, robot- ics and shop operations, training personnel, financing of new equip- ment, cutting tools and all related manufacturing requirements. Coverage extends to all of Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. Founder: Thomas F. Arnold (1927 - 2009) PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: Shawn Arnold EDITOR : Sean Buur CIRC. MNGR: Charlene Strawbridge PROD. MNGR: Linda Arnold PROD. ASST: Jennifer Hallman ADVERTISING SALES: (714) 840-1300 (714) 840-1300 FAX: 657-231-9307 Email: sarnold@cnc-west.com CNC WEST (0747-3362) is published bi-monthly by ARNOLD PUBLICATIONS, INC., 16835 Algonquin St., No. 158, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. Periodical Rate postage paid at Huntington Beach, CA. and additional mailing offices .Postmaster: Send address changes to CNC WEST, P.O. Box 2029, Huntington Beach, CA, 92647. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Available without cost in U.S. only to company officials and managers of production, manu- facturing engineering and purchasing agents. MUST be requested. All oth- ers may subscribe at $10.00 per year. Single copy $2.00. Please send paid subscription order to Circulation Manager, CNC West, P.O. Box 2029, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 Publisher's notice: We assume no responsibility for the validity of claims in connection with items appearing in CNC West Magazine. Addresses are given to facilitate further inquiry. ISSUANCE AND CLOSING DATES: Published every other month, October, December, February, April, June and August. Issued second week of the publication month. No portion of contents may be repro- duced in any form without written per- mission from the publisher. New Technology and Busy Shops The recent IMTS show was everything it was supposed to be and a whole lot more. The aisles were jammed packed with attendees looking for the newest technology and maybe even a deal on a machine or prod- uct that had been thinking about purchasing. Booths like DMG MORI, Okuma, Makino, Doosan and Methods in the metal cutting pavilion were sometimes so crowded it was hard to get in them. I actually spoke less to people that I know at the show than any show I can remember. They were always busy talking to customers, either educating or trying to make a sale. I learned a long time ago from my father who started CNC WEST that these exhibitors pay a lot of money for their booth and never, ever disturb them if they are talking to someone else. To find out more about the show and the technology in it check out the 2 page article in this issue. In addition to people talking about new tech- nology the other theme was how busy shops are. We have stories in this issue on shops that are bursting at the seams. We also have reached out to some other shops for future stories, but they all say the same thing, sorry but we are too busy right now to give you 3 hours of our time. Now that might be a nice excuse not to have us come out as some people are just camera shy or don’t like publicity. If your shop is doing well and want to be considered for a future article in CNC WEST send me an email at sarnold@cnc-west.com with a little info about your shop and we can go from there. Our cover story this Tooling & Workholding issue is about a shop that branched out and now makes equipment for people climbing trees with the help of a pallet system from Pierson Products. Another story by Sean Buur tells of a company upgrading technology from automatics to CNC Swiss machines and they now run lights out and make complete parts in one operation. We also have a fabrication story on a Washington state shop, an article on set up reduction strategies, an article on the secret of automating CNC machine tools and more. Also be sure to read Tim Paul’s latest column titled To Comp or Not to Comp. That is in addition to a few other fea- tures our industry news and new product sections and of course all of the advertisers who think the western region is deserving of it’s own magazine with only western region articles and pay for ads so you can get it for free. Without them there would be no CNC WEST so be sure to check out their products. Sincerely Shawn Arnold Shawn Arnold Publisher