"INVERTED ROUTERS STILL BUSY
AFTER PURCHASE OF 2 C.N.C.s"
 We
have been using our Onsrud Inverted Routers to cut out our oak & maple van
conversion parts since 1984.
About 4 years ago we bought
two C.N.C. routers which we felt would probably replace our need for the Onsruds.
Our C.N.C.'s are now running
two shifts per day, and do a great job on precision dados, large parts, extremely
complex, and multiple layer parts.
But we still run our three
C.R. Onsrud Inverted Routers two shifts per day every day!
The "Onsruds" actually out-perform the C.N.C.s, in operations such as
simple cut-out work.
And change-over time is significantly faster on the Inverted Routers, since there
are no "programs" or large "holding fixtures" to change.
ALL of our new designs are
made, modified, and approved first on the Inverted Routers before going to programming
and fabrication of holding fixtures.
Sure, C.N.C. is great, but
not for EVERYTHING.
I don't think our shop will
ever eliminate the need for Inverted Routers, they are just too versatile, and
they produce simple parts FASTER than the C.N.C. machines.
David Magee
Mark III Industries
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