If you plan on starting a woodworking business, one of your first purchases will be a router. Useful to woodworking projects large and small, simplistic and complex, routers are used to hollow out areas in pieces of wood, creating holes and indentations that range from utilitarian to decorative. But not all routers offer the same [...]
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A Brief History of Commercial Woodworking Machinery
Like most modern machinery whose efficiency we take for granted, it wasn’t that long ago that commercial woodworking machinery didn’t offer the range of function and high output necessary to run a high production woodworking company. But yesterday’s woodworking machines weren’t exactly inefficient, either. In fact, at least three of them are still in use [...]
Why Buy Used Woodworking Machines when you could Buy New?
Whether you’re starting a woodshop or a commercial woodworking facility, you’d like to buy most of your machinery new, right? After all, isn’t starting a new venture the best time to buy new machinery? For those who think so, thousands of dollars in machinery debt—and sometimes more—can be accumulated before a production line makes its [...]
Using Logged Service Scheduling to Maintain Used CNC Routers
For many woodworkers, a CNC router is the most expensive machine in their arsenal. Starting at roughly $5,000 for light commercial models and ending at over $250,000 for industrial models, a CNC router is always a significant purchase, causing many woodworkers to consider purchasing it used. Getting a good deal on used CNC routers requires [...]
The Advantages of Logged Service Scheduling for Woodworking Machines
Complex woodworking machines are similar to automobiles: unless properly maintained, they typically experience premature breakdown that leads to numerous repair bills and the frustration of stopping and starting production process while repairs are made. To prevent these setbacks, owners of woodworking machinery implement logged service scheduling—also known as logged service maintenance—on each of their machines. [...]