ShopBot Tools in large-scale manufacturing: Wood-Mode

Following is a 2009 update to Cabinetmaker FDM’s article by editor Karl D. Forth, about ShopBot CNC Tools in use at Wood-Mode. The article speaks to the benefits to large-scale operations of incorporating smaller CNC routers in cell-based operations. Since its original publication, Wood-Mode has grown its stable of ShopBot Tools to 16 tools. We’ve …

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Making a Perfect Door, II: Construction and Reprogramming

Our quest to create the perfect solid wood raised panel door on a ShopBot raised many questions. We began by measuring the thickness of our current door panels to determine the needed depth of cut and create a plan for two part jig system to hold the door panels in place while …

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