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4 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST August/September 2018 VOL. XXXVI NO.6 August/Sept. 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. IMTS is the Place to be in September If you are in the west and have never been to an IMTS show in Chicago and are in this industry plan on going sometime in your life. It is an every other year event that would be totally worth your while. WESTEC is the big cheese in the west but in all honesty it pales in comparison to IMTS. And that is not a slight to WESTEC which is a fine machine tool show in its own right. It’s just that it is not IMTS which has 1.3 million square feet of exhibit space. To see it properly and visit lots of booths and attend the seminars available it would take at least two days to see everything there. CNC WEST will be there for all five days, learning more technology, so we can be on top of things and be able to bring you the latest information to help your shop. We have over 30 pages in this issue dedicated to the show. Happy and proud to say this is our biggest issue of the year. In addition to all the IMTS information in this issue there are three case studies on western region shops. The cover story is about an Arizona shop which has added EDM to its line up of ma- chines to insure the sky and beyond is the limit for Astro Machine. Another shop in California has found that their Robocut EDM has let them achieve things that they could not do before while our third feature is about a shop in Northern California. There is also an interesting interview from Tim Paul on what the ex president of Autodesk is doing now along with numerous one page articles on things relevant to manufacturing in the west. I hope you enjoy reading it and please don’t forget while you are reading all the great stories to check out the ads from all the companies that keep CNC WEST in business and insure we can send you the maga- zine for free every other month. Sincerely Shawn Arnold Shawn Arnold Publisher