30 years ago this month, November 1983, J&D Machine started in the basement of our family home in New Hampshire. Back when we started, we only had a few cam machines and a cam shaper, and we did not know that we would become the successful CNC machining company we are today. 30 years later […]
3D printing is becoming quite popular in the media these days. The idea that you can “print” something out of raw materials seems like something out of a science fiction movie, yet people are really doing it with this amazing technology. But what does it mean for the state of manufacturing? As I research about […]
CNC machining is an important form of manufacturing in the modern world. The thing is, most people don’t exactly think of it as exciting. CNC Machining revolutionized the machining world. With CNC we have the ability to make complex parts that are necessary for many technological advances in the world around us. When a shipment […]
As we begin the year 2013, at J&D Machine, we are cautiously optimistic. With 2012 ending well in the CNC Machining world, in the hopes that 2013 will continue this way, we are making plans to add a new piece of equipment in the 2nd quarter. After our longest stretch of time without purchasing new […]
One of the best things you can do to grow a CNC machine shop is to develop long-lasting relationships with other machine shops. It’s important not to look at all the other businesses in your industry as competition, but as colleagues. Not only does it help to have support from the manufacturing community when you […]
In CNC Machining, every once in a while a job comes along that’s not the most profitable or the longest running order, but that is just kind of neat. That happened to us recently. A customer of ours with a parent company in England contacted us about doing a rush order for the Sailrocket Team. […]
I recently read an article from a machine dealer that said that, after years of inactivity, he has been receiving requests for turn key cam machines. These requests have been coming from Asian manufacturers. I believe, but am not sure, that cam machine production stopped completely around the year 2000, and now all single spindle […]
These are 5 machine makes that I think make up a good representation of what is available for CNC Swiss machining. They are Citizen, Hanwha, Star, Tornos and Tsugami. These are not the only makes out there, but they are all top machines and are supported well. If you are a first time buyer and […]
I started my business in the mid 1980’s, and since then some things have changed as far as what is available for cutting tools used in CNC Swiss machines. Navigating the many choices is not always easy, but necessary to control costs. With every job you must decide which CNC swiss tools are the best […]
Long before CNC machining, The swiss watch industry is credited with developing the swiss screw machine in the late 1800’s. They were developed for their own company use in producing precision high volume watch components. With this machines they were able to turn small, complex, precision parts. It took less than a decade for independent […]
