Dean Bellotto, The owner of D&D Contracting has submitted some pictures of a 4.75” Cornice molding, 3 pieces, which total 27 Linear Feet.

These pictures are a perfect example of what can be made on a Thermwood CNC machine when you think " Outside the box "

Photos are courtesy of D&D Contracting, located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

This CNC Router Tooling Workstation was created with Thermwood’s eCabinet Systems software. This workstation was created to facilitate the storage and accessibility of tools and any other components needed in the day to day operation of the CNC router.

For more information, download the pdf here.  If you would like to receive the files for the workstation, please send a request to software@cncautomation.com.

Ce Poste de Travail pour la CNC a été créé avec le logiciel de Thermwood. Ce poste de eCabinets Systemstravail a été conçu pour faciliter le rangement et l’accessibilité des outils ou toutes autres composantes nécessaires dans l’opération hebdomadaire de la CNC.

Pour plus d'informations, téléchargez le pdf ici. Si vous désirez recevoir les fichiers du poste de travail, s'il vous plaît envoyez une demande à logiciel@cncautomation.com.

Robert Crowe, CNC Automation Quebec West Regional Manager, is pleased to announce the arrival of the first Thermwood CabinetShop 45 CNC Router sporting the NEW QCore SuperControl into Canada !

Congratulations on your New Thermwood
CabinetShop 45 C&D Aerospace !

The Thermwood QCore SuperControl is feature rich, high performance CNC control system configured to perform 5 axis simultaneous motions. It is a Quad Core processor 3.0 Ghz processor, full multi-tasking control. It features a high level of hardware integration, extensive use of reliable surface mount technology and a built in upgrade path for future technology.

The control is equipped with a 19" full color LCD flat screen monitor, QWERTY keyboard, 1 TB SATA hard drive. It also includes a serial port for hand held programmer interface, variable 0 to 120% feed rate override and operator controls for start, stop, axis jog +, axis jog -, block step +, block stop - and feed hold. The control provides PCI bus expansion slots and is compatible with most Local Area Networks (LANs) as well as a variety of peripheral computer devices.

The control uses a Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional operating system, offering the operator choices for program and machine operation display, pop-up windows for event and information display, pop-up windows for data input, and the ability to operate the machine in the background while doing other tasks on the control.

Graig Robinson, CNC Automation Maritime Regional Manager, is pleased to announce another Thermwood installation in New Brunswick.

Congratulations on your New Thermwood
CabinetShop 43 Atelier Landry !

I am very happy to say that we have once again had a very successful Open House 2010 event thanks to all of our valued suppliers and customers. There is nothing more pleasing than seeing the interaction of all of our customers and their comments back to us as to the knowledge they gained during the two day event.

The CNC Automation team spent many weeks to put together the fully operational production facility so that all who attended could see exactly how each piece of machinery worked. We made the official launch of the Kentwood line having a rip saw, moulder and grinder being demonstrated. Stiles had seven specialists at customers' disposal to answer questions and present the benefits of the Kentwood range of products.

During each day we had open workshops surrounding our family of software products, eCabinets Systems, DXF Buddy, and Panelmetrix. Representatives from ArtCAM and 20/20 Technologies were also available to show their products and how they link to the Thermwood CNC routers that we had running continuously throughout the day.

CNC Automation is holding an open house event on June 10 and 11, 2010 from 9 am to 5 pm both days at our St. Zotique, Que., headquarters.

The event marks the official launch of our new Canadian Solid Wood Technology Division as well as the Kentwood by Stiles program of woodworking machinery. A number of machines will be in operation during the event, including a Kentwood 6 heard moulder, a Kentwood Profile Grinder and a Kentwood Multiple Rip Saw. In addition, Stiles solid wood experts will be on hand both event days.

On the panel processing side, we will have a complete nested based manufacturing cell in operation. The cell will consist of a Thermwood CNC router, Fravol & Lange edgebanders (straight and contour), Omal dowel drilling and inserting machine as well as a Giben computerized panel saw.

The open house will also feature finishing solutions in operation including Timesavers wide belt sanders, Loewer profile and moulding finishing sanders as well as a Makor surface staining and coating machine.

Representatives from hardware, software, tooling and dust collector manufacturers will also be on hand to address application questions.

For more information, click here.

Here is a video excerpt from the HGTV Canada program "House of Bryan", showing the creation of MDF door panels and the installation of custom cabinets for host Bryan Baeumler's house.  The NC code for the nested MDF door and drawer panels was created using Panelmetrix.

The machine making the door panels and all of the cabinets shown is a Thermwood CabinetShop 45 with a 5×10 table, and is owned by Top Notch Cabinets, of Oakville, Ontario.


 Click here to see the complete episode.

Version 1.1 packs a whole lot of new features to do with DXF manipulation that we hope you will find useful .

• Geometry selection - individual, chain and windowed mode.
• Zoom and Pan.
• Create new layers.
• Copy or move geometry between layers.
• Delete geometry.
• Layer and geometry information.
• Keyboard "mouse" actions for use on a controller installation.

With some of the above features, you can basically take an unprepared DXF file and layer it on the fly with DXF Buddy ! ** The geometry has to be good to begin with though.

See the video -

DXF_Buddy_1_1_0_Preview_EN.avi

Voir la vidéo -

DXF_Buddy_1_1_0_Preview_FR.avi

The DXF List mode has also been enhanced in the DXF Buddy Pro version -

• Add DXF's to the list with drag and drop.
• Modify material and other common parameters across multiple rows.
• Interpretation of actual Z depths found in DXF files when layer names have not been defined.
• Support of the new CAB packaging of Control Nesting 5.49.

See the video -

DXF_Buddy_1_1_0_Pro_Preview_EN.avi

Voir la vidéo -

DXF_Buddy_1_1_0_Pro_Preview_FR.avi

On the 16th and 17th of November, CNC Automation will have our doors open to interested parties looking at new ways to automate their facilities.

- New Thermwood CS43 in operation featuring "Quick Cut"
- 20/20 Cad and Design links direct to a Thermwood Router. Staff from 20/20 will be present to demonstrate and answer any questions you may have.

 -Ecab Software presentation.
- Profile modeler. Curved mouldings , carvings, and more.
- Panelmetrix and CPG software. What's new and how it can help your bottom line.
- Giben Smart saw and Hirtz throughfeed CNC boring machine presentations.

-Makor Q-one spray machine. We will be spraying water base RENNER products.


-Loewer Brush and Moulding sanders. Demonstrations will be done on solid and MDF doors both white