Feature Stories
IMTS Additive Manufacturing Pavilion is No Longer
a Novelty.................................................................................... 16
Historic WW 11 Submarine Restored in San Francisco........... 20
Wagsaff, Inc.
AWashington State Company Tries to Redefine the Term
Job Shop
...................................................................................... 22
Driven To Perform
A Small Idaho Company Does Big Things in the Outdoor World
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30
Dix Metals Adds Another Blanchard Grinder
Company Provides Machine Ready Blanks ......................................
34
240 Years Of Industrial History
A company Adds an Unknown Element to Their Shop and Benefits.
38
11 Axis Automatic Lathe Introduced by Traub......................... 42
You Gotta Have Heart
A Silicon Valley Company Tackles Challenging Part For
Heart Valve Delivery System...............................................................
46
7 Tips for Accurate Probing ...................................................... 52
CAD-CAM . ................................................................................ 56
Next Generation of Tsugami Machines Launched.................... 58
CNC West
June/July 2016 • Volume XXXIIII No 5
Departments
LISI Medical has added 3 Tsugami Swiss
Machines to go With Their Huge Arsenal
of Citizen Swiss Machines and is Happy
With the Results
- Pg.38
4
Editorial
8
Executive Hotline
62 Industry News
76 New Products
100 Product Parade
Dale Arnold is one of three project coor-
dinators at Wagstaff. This was his project
and the Geminis is his baby.
- Page 22
Coming in Aug/Sept 2016
EDM, Waterjet & Grinding Issue: This
issue provides readers with profit-mak-
ing ideas in three major metalworking
areas – EDM, Waterjet and Grinding.
We’ll visit western plants to report on
innovative methods and equipment in-
volving wire and sinker EDM, Waterjet
and new ideas in grinding.
We will also
preview the IMTS show in Chicago
Editorial: July 21, 2016
Ad Space: July 25, 2016
Ad Material: August 1, 2016
Odenthal Manufacturing Has a Love of
Making Things For Outdoor Enthusiast
Like Bows and Go Karts
- Pg.30