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Article: The right software led to shop success: after striking out on his own, a shop enterpreneur found a CAD/CAM package that saved him time and money, as well as solving "impossible" problems.(CAD/CAM)
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- Modern Applications News
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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Being something of a free spirit, John Graney left his father's business, J.G. Machine, Woburn, MA, in 1999 to start his own job shop--Surface Solutions, Ipswich, MA--because "I like doing things my own way," he said. He started with some used equipment and has been trading up since then.
He knew that flexible, full-featured CAD software would be essential to meet the expectations of high-tech customers in Massachusetts and nearby southern New Hampshire. So he bought a Mastercam CAD/CAM software license from CNC Software, Inc., Tolland, CT, and has kept it upgraded, as he has his physical equipment.
Graney said his rationale for maintaining his hardware ...