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4 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST April/May 2019 VOL. XXXVII NO.4 April/May 2019 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. Sofware & Control Issue This is our annual Software & Controls issue and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did putting it together. Our cover article is about the UC Davis Col- lege of Engineering and how they utilize Acu-Rite Controls. It always puts a smile on my face when I see our younger generation getting interested in metalworking manufacturing. This can be an exciting industry and the more young people that show an interest in it or at least know about it the better. It seems that the UC Davis College of Engineering is doing a great job of that. You will find out for yourself when your read the article beginning on page 22. Another article deals with a shop in Oregon that uses a sales pitch that they are who you want when it comes to manufacturing large, complex, monolithic, thin walled structures because of their metrol-ogy focus. They are well versed in metrology with seven Zeiss CMM’s and utilize Vericut Software to simulate parts before they actually cut the material. CNC WEST editor Sean Buur’s other article took him to Arizona where he met up with an ex-Navy Seal who went on the TV show Shark Tank to help fund his project for bullet bottle openers. The sharks were impressed with the seal and he received money to purchase a Hurco cell which makes his popular product. One of the reasons he chose the Hurco was the ease of use on the control. We have an article about a northern California bicycle manufacturer who uti- lizes Mastercam CNC Software to get the company rolling. (pun intended). They prototype the bikes then manufacture them and have become world known in the mountain bike community. As always, Tim Paul offers his insights and delivers and interesting read on pages 60 and 61. There are other supplied stories from Nikon, Mitee Bite and Shop Floor Automations. This is in addition to a preview of the upcoming machine tool show in Portland along with our new product section and industry news. Thanks for reading and if you lose your copy of CNC WEST or someone steals it you can see each issue online at cnc-west.com Sincerely Shawn Arnold Shawn Arnold Publisher