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4 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST April/May 2018 VOL. XXXVI NO. 4 April/May 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. Are We Failing Our Industry and More I publish two magazines for the metalworking manufacturing indus- try and one for fishermen. When anyone asks what I do and I tell them the magazines I publish they all comprehend the fishing magazine but I get a blank stare when I mention the machining magazines. It usu- ally takes a minute or so to explain to people that the car they drive, the plane they flew in and the parts to make it were not dug up in the ground but actually machined and that almost everything in their life is machined or manufactured in some method. It is sad that so few people actually know what a machine shop is and what machinist do and how vital they are to our economy. Tim Paul explores this issue in his article this issue titled ‘Are we Failing our Own Industry?’ Tim offers some suggestions on what he feels needs to be done to keep our industry moving forward and I am sure most of those reading this will agree. This is a great profession that needs to have more people exposed to it. Our cover article is about a Washington company that believe it or not is NOT an aerospace shop. McKay Manufacturing in Spokane says 60% of their work is medical. In business for close to 70 years they have lasted this long by always trying to stay a step ahead of the learn- ing curve. One important step they take is that have taken since 2010 is that they machine everything first on their Vericut software before they actually machine anything. Read about the company on page 22. CNC WEST is known as a metalworking magazine, so it only makes sense that we have an article on a shop that only works with non- metallic materials right? Roncelli Plastics uses traditional met- alworking machines to cut materials most shops don’t want to work with. They have been doing it for 50 years and are looking for ways to improve and be around another 50. Sean Buur’s third story is about a Martindale Manufacturing a San Diego shop that used older Fadal machines and was considering replacing them with another brand until Fadal ‘came back’. The brand was retired for a few years until someone bought them and got the company going again. Now they have the new Fadal machines and could not be happier with their choice. There is also a story on a northern California company that spe- cializes in making large parts using Surfcam software. Also we have our normal bevy of product releases on new products and things going on in the industry. Thanks for reading and please be sure to support our advertisers as they are the ones that make sure you get the magazine for free. And for the record I don’t think we are failing our industry, I just think it is a hard mountain to climb and we trudging up the mountain slowly but surely Shawn Arnold Publisher