The heart of the shop’s machining capability is this VMX42i machining center from Hurco. The machining center it replaced had what proved to be too small of an envelope Mr. Donaworth had to turn away some opportunities to machine large tools. For his second machining center, he purchased as much size and capability as he could. Read the shop’s story below.
Do you like setup? That is, at the machine tool, in preparing for a job, do you like the work of thinking through how the part should be held, how the part should be machined and how to efficiently put the setup in place?