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The Perfect CNC Router: The (Exclusive!) Raptor XPR Series from CNC Factory

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During the month of August, we’ll be featuring various companies within the woodworking world and how they make an impact on the industry through innovative products, creative expertise and unparalleled customer experiences. Today, we’re taking an exciting first look at CNC Factory’s Raptor XPR CNC Router and Machine Center, exclusively available for Wurth Machinery customers.

CNC Factory's XPR Raptor CNC Router and Machine Center, exclusively available for Wurth customers
The Wurth XPR Series will take productivity in your workshop to new heights.

Company: CNC Factory

Years in Business: Established since 2015 by Chris Corrales, an ISO-Certified cabinetmaker of over 20 years. Chris has been making CNC machines for over 15 years, and their technology is based on his decades of experience.

It’s a game-changer.

With the manufacturing industry facing struggles like rising material costs and the skilled labor gap, it goes without saying that times are changing – and with change, comes innovation.

Enter the Wurth exclusive, CNC Factory’s Raptor XPR CNC Router and Machine Center – the newest and greatest in automated machinery, helping to make even the hardest parts of your day easier (and easily our #1 workshop essential).

CNC Factory said it best themselves: “The Raptor XPR CNC Router and Machine Center automates the most laborious and mentally complex processes in modern woodworking – eliminating heavy lifting from loading and unloading materials, intricate cutting, parts making and work area cleaning…all without G-code knowledge. Intimidation is no longer a factor since it can be operated with zero experience,” says Jae Santos, Marketing Communications Head for CNC Factory. Plus, its small footprint fits perfectly in even small to medium-sized shops, and can produce the output of up to 8 skilled workers!

The XPR Raptor CNC Router's cutting edge technology comes with a touchscreen and HD camera.
“Intimidation is no longer a factor since it can be operated with zero experience,” says Jae Santos, Marketing Communications Head for CNC Factory. Designed in California, the Raptor combines cutting edge technology from around the world to produce the most efficient and easy to use CNC machine to date.

It combines cutting-edge technology from all over the world.

“Designed in California, the Raptor is a true feat of engineering made up of the best technologies from around the world – Germany, Japan, Taiwan, etc. It stands out from competitors by how easy it is to use (with the 21” touchscreen with PC front end so you can design and cut at the machine; it has a visual interface, automatic vacuum controls, and no homing), and by our personalized customer service program (we even have an Advanced Exchange Program where we ship you your replacement parts even before you send the old parts back to us),” Jae continued. In regards to productivity, Raptor users can expect to process about 100 sheets during one 8-hour shift.

Bottlenecks in workflow are reduced at literally every stage of the process, from material loading to cutting, marking and unloading flow constantly – without the need for breaks or human intervention. It’s easy to use: operators need only adjust a few settings, and multiple jobs will queue automatically – saving your business time, and giving back the ability to focus on the more important tasks at hand. For safety reasons, CNC Factory recommends that one operator is always close by, however they can easily multi-task and work on other projects while they wait for the Raptor to work its magic.

It can be operated remotely.

Even more exciting? It can even be monitored remotely. This gives managers more freedom, and allows CNC Factory to help troubleshoot any issues by their technical support team without having to call in and wait for a mechanic. Sound too good to be true? What’s more – it’s affordable! The Raptor rivals competitors with its cutting edge technology from all over the world, and is still available at a lower price point than many other CNC routers out there. “The features and expandability of the Raptor rivals competitors with double the price point. Also, the Raptor is Working Cell-ready, which means it is compatible with our edgebander, CNC Insertion, and conveyor products which can all be manned by a single operator. And don’t just take our word for it, our XPR series has also been named Best CNC of 2020 by FDMC Magazine.”

CNC Factory's XPR Series has been named Best CNC of 2020 by FDMC Magazine.
CNC Factory’s XPR Series has been named Best CNC of 2020 by FDMC Magazine, and has received several other accolades for its innovative and easy-to-use technology based on decades of experience in the industry.

Check out the Wurth Raptor XPR CNC Router in action:

Excited to learn more? CNC Factory invites all Wurth customers to see the XPR in action at the AWFS Fair. Let their team know that Wurth sent you for reduced pricing and an extended warranty! Get free admission to the AWFS Fair in Vegas with CNC Factory’s exhibitor code:

https://cncfactory.com/vegas/

Warranty Info:

CNC Factory: “The Wurth Raptor XPR has the longest CNC warranty in the industry of 20 months. All Raptors also come with a 5-year Advanced Exchange for parts, and lifetime customer support. Our support can be done virtually (the machines have an HD camera & Wi-Fi connectivity so we can see, operate and assist your operator in real-time throughout North America) from our tech centers in the East and West Coast.”

Client Testimonials:

Clients

Have more questions? Contact a Wurth Machinery specialist today at (800) 422-4389.

SawGear: Position Yourself For Success with an Automated Positioner

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During the month of August, we’ll be featuring various companies within the woodworking world and how they make an impact on the industry through innovative products, creative expertise and unparalleled customer experiences.

Today, we’re shedding some light on the most commonplace workshop essential, and why you can now ditch it for good: the tape measure. For this week’s company highlight, we’re featuring TigerStop: a company that has revolutionized the woodworking industry (as well as many others!) for 28 years with their innovative automated machinery, the SawGear.

woodworker working with the SawGear
Form meets functionality with SawGear, the versatile (and portable!) solution for taking accuracy and efficiency in the workshop to the next level. (Image courtesy of TigerStop).

Easily the most expensive item in the modern woodworker’s toolkit is the tape measure. The experts at TigerStop have done the math – so before you disagree, just think about it: a manual tape measure leaves room for mistakes. And mistakes cost time, money and valuable resources. So long gone are the days of “measure twice, cut once” – time spent carefully measuring and marking material is valuable time that could instead be spent accomplishing more rewarding tasks.

Woodworker setting SawGear
The SawGear automates your existing equipment and cuts parts perfectly, every time.

Here’s where your old-fashioned tape measure is probably hurting you:

Time spent reworking.

Time costs money. If a worker is spending their time fixing prior mistakes when they could be tackling new projects, then it’s possible that your shop’s workflow is not as efficient as it could be. The average worker could be spending up to six hours out of their workday on measuring alone, causing some serious productivity issues.

Scraps and wasted materials.

Particularly as is the case during the pandemic, raw material costs are rising (up 200%!) and wasted supplies are money down the drain, no way around it. According to TigerStop, “studies suggest that for every 100 parts cut, between 2 and 6 are miscut.” So take a hard look at your workshop’s scrap bucket and ask yourself – how much are you losing on mistakes that could’ve easily been avoided?

SawGear measuring device
It’s time to ditch the tape measure – automate your existing tools and streamline your work process with the SawGear solution.

So, what’s the solution? An automated positioner is three times more productive than the ordinary manual tape measure. An automated stop gauge cuts parts perfectly every time, and streamlines your efforts by reducing the time spent fixing mistakes – helping to in turn reduce material costs and waste as a result. These innovative features allow you to cut more material in a work day, and ultimately substantially reduce labor and material costs.

The best part? It’s so easy to use! Absolutely no previous knowledge or expertise is required to successfully operate the SawGear. Even an entry-level operator can be trained within minutes.

According to TigerStop’s Marketing Director and SawGear expert Elizabeth Dick, “Zero knowledge is needed to run these machines. If you can use a cell phone, you can use a TigerStop. There is a crisis going on in manufacturing called the skilled labor gap. There are not enough skilled workers entering manufacturing. Our machinery helps counteract this crisis because an operator with zero training can use our equipment in less than five minutes.”

So to recap, here’s why SawGear’s innovative technology can help you finally ditch that tape measure (and save money!):

  • Streamlines workflow – smaller workshops can now easily compete with larger competitors
  • Productivity – increases the productivity from your tool 3-4X, small shops can produce more with less employees
  • Saves you money – with rising material costs, the SawGear can help you ensure that you get maximum yield out of your material.
  • Fewer mistakes – saves you time, no more reworking
  • It’s super affordable – in fact, it saves you so much money in the long run, you really can’t afford not to have it.
  • Easily attach the tools you already own, making them fast, accurate and automated – getting full productivity out of your existing equipment. Adapts to chop saws, upcut saws, vertical panel saws, double miter saws, ironworkers, drills & more.
  • Portable – Compact and lightweight, the SawGear can be taken from workshop to jobsite with ease.
  • Versatile – The sky is the limit with what you can create, from beehives and wine barrels, to reclaimed furniture.
  • Cut list functionality allows you to program cut lists
  • Accurate to +/-.008″ and repeatable, unlike your tape measure
  • Quickly converts fractions to decimals so you don’t have to worry about dealing with difficult measurements like 9/64
  • Can be used in metric as well!
Cooper making a wood wine barrel
The SawGear is up for the challenge! SawGear can help with everything from wine barrels to reclaimed wood furniture. (Image courtesy of TigerStop).

Still not convinced? TigerStop has calculated that using the SawGear can save your business roughly $36K per year per worker – just in labor time alone! Check out this article from TigerStop to see the breakdown.

For a limited time, save [pays to wait promo] on the SawGear solution when you preorder between [insert dates here]. Ready to learn more? Check out the SawGear here for yourself, or contact a Wurth Specialist at (800) 422-4389.

Interested in learning more about what TigerStop has to offer? They’re there for you. Check out some of their resources!

Product Overview

SawGear overview & features:

SawGear overview & features.

Attachable tools:

What Can You Automate with TigerStop?
Blog: What Can You Automate?

Reducing Scrap Material:

Your #1 Key Performance Indicator Is in Your Trash Can
Perfromance indicator for reducing material waste. (Blog)

Reviews:

https://www.tigerstop.com/blog/category/case-studies-testimonials/

Notable professionals that use SawGear:

Gary Katz from This is Carpentry: https://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2014/09/05/sawgear-a-second-look/

Ethan Abramson: https://www.instagram.com/p/CLuozTMjHQy/

Archways and Ceilings: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQOPKs3D6Q3/

NS Builders: https://www.instagram.com/p/By7i-h3A8Iy/

Generation Builders: https://www.instagram.com/p/BxVcVWgggQJ/

Project examples:

Beehives: https://www.tigerstop.com/blog/precision-automation-makes-production-process-smooth-as-honey/

Wine Barrels: https://www.tigerstop.com/blog/tonnellerie-o-wine-barrels-are-cut-saw-above-the-rest/

Reclaimed Furniture: https://www.tigerstop.com/blog/lamon-luthers-reclaimed-wood-furniture-helps-homeless-reclaim-lives/

Crate Manufacturing: https://www.tigerstop.com/blog/transpak-thinks-outside-the-box-fully-automated-saw-system/

Additional Software Resources:

Product Configurator Tool: https://www.tigerstop.com/build-your-own/

ROI Calculator: https://www.tigerstop.com/roi-calculator

Spare Parts: https://shop.tigerstop.com/

Warranty Info:

TigerCare+

Troubleshooting & Customer Service:

Service Center

Bringing Innovative Ideas to Life: The Portable CNC Router That Can Create Anything, Anywhere

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During the month of August, we’ll be featuring various companies within the woodworking world and how they make an impact on the industry though innovative products, creative expertise and unparalleled customer experiences. Today we’re talking all things creativity and convenience with Goliath’s portable CNC router – and the sky really is the limit.

Company: Goliath CNC

Years in Business: Created in 2014, launched since 2017.

Introducing the portable CNC router that you can take anywhere! Remove the boundaries of traditional CNC machines: you can now take your creative expertise with you, wherever you want to work. The first of its kind, the Goliath CNC portable router is not only small in size and lightweight (approximately 33 lbs.) for easy mobility – it’s also affordable, precise, and equipped with smart technology. And we can smart! Image this: putting your Goliath to work on a project while you step out for a coffee! Now that’s innovation, and exactly why we wanted to get on a call with Goliath expert and Regional Manager for Springa, Giorgia Valoti.

The portable Goliath CNC Router can create anything, anywhere.
The Goliath gets to work transforming creative ideas into tangible designs. Image courtesy of Goliath CNC.

Wurth Machinery: It’s really amazing what the Goliath can do. To give our audience a clearer idea of who the Goliath is meant for, can you tell us a little more about who benefits from having one of these machines?

GV: “We envisioned Goliath being the perfect tool for whomever wants to create small or big projects, in the crafty industry. Think the local artist who is crafting projects for a local gallery or exhibition, the hobbyist who wants to build something special and unique for their home right in their garage or shed, the carpenter who has received an order from a client who may not have the space or possibility to build it in their environment; the architect studio that wants to easily work on models on a higher scale than what they’re used to; the handy parent who wants to build a desk for his or her kid where they can draw and play.

Goliath is so versatile and easy to use that it can stimulate one’s imagination and make it happen at the same time. These are just a few examples. The interesting thing is that, both professionals and DIY lovers enjoy the possibility to have a flexible tool that autonomously gives them the chance to realize big projects, not fixed in a workshop space.”

A pod chair crafted with the Golaith CNC portable router.
An expertly crafted and beautifully designed pod chair, made with the Goliath portable CNC router. Image courtesy of Goliath CNC.

Wurth Machinery: What is your favorite feature about the Goliath? In your personal experience, how does it differ from other CNC machines out there?

GV: “The first feature that comes to mind when we think about Goliath, of course, is how autonomous it is. This is the staple peculiarity of the robot and the one thing that users appreciate when using it. Goliath is extremely user-friendly and doesn’t allow you to make mistakes, and, if you make one, it corrects you immediately through prompts – so that before you start your project, you know the end result is exactly what you’d expect it to be.

Another feature we love is the ratio between its size and the work area it can work on: this is the most distinctive feature compared to other CNC [machines] on the market, because the size and footpring of Goliath is comparable to a desktop machine, but its work area reaches the dimensions of a professional CNC workcenter.”

The Goliath's convenient small size and low weight allows you to create from anywhere.
Thanks to its convenient small size and low weight, the Goliath portable CNC router allows you to create from anywhere.

Wurth Machinery: What knowledge does one need to have in order to operate the Goliath?

GV: “None, zero. To operate Goliath, you don’t need any specific knowledge, many of our customers are people who have no experience in CNC. Like most of the manual tools, you learn as you go and you become more and more confident, but the bottom line is that you do not need a degree or years of experience to be able to use it.

People on our young team never operated any machinery before, but after spending an afternoon playing with Goliath, they could draw (or import a project from the web) an image and they were successful at doing it. All you need to know is what you want to create and all you have to do is till it to the software, give it the green light, go grab a coffee and come back to see the beautiful project you have just created.”

Wurth Machinery: What additional learning resources does Goliath have in case our audience wants to learn more?

GV: “We have established a YouTube channel that customers can research and there are a lot of videos and tutorials that are very well done and easy to follow. You can watch them while operating the robot, pause them, do what you need to do and restart them. Because we are an international company and live on different time zones, sometimes it’s not possible to be ‘live’, so this is how some members of the team were able to learn and set up Goliath and even create their own projects, as part of their own training. Moreover on our website you can find the link to the Goliath CNC Forum, which is newborn, but it already collects a few experiences, opinions, problems, and questions from the first users, which could be a great resource also for people who want to learn more on the robot and the whole system. Lastly, we share free downloadable projects, tested by us, which are another resource to start as a beginner.”

https://www.youtube.com/c/GoliathCNC/featured

How-To’s: https://www.goliathcnc.com/support/tutorial/

Wurth Machinery: Any exciting plans that you have for the future?

GV: “In the next months, we will focus on the software development, improving the features as well as the user experience and user interface, with the goal to make it even easier to use. Another goal is to help the community grow by creating more projects and support for the Goliath users to get in touch with each other and with us and form a unique place for makers who want to build big projects where they want!”

A boat in the process of being built using the Goliath CNC portable router
Bringing innovative ideas to life: the portable CNC router that can create anything, anywhere. Here, a gorgeous project crafted by an Italian boat manufacturer with the Goliath CNC.

Still not convinced? Check out the avalanche of accolades received by the company below:

European Commission Seal of Excellence

iF Design Award – May 2021

Best of the Best Red Dot Award 0 April 2021

German Design Awards – October 2020

Wood Magazine 2020 Innovation Awards – January 2020

RobotUnion Product Acceleration Program – February 2019

Premio dei Premi – September 2016

Interested in learning more about Goliath’s portable CNC router? Be sure to check out some of their resources below, or contact a Wurth Machinery specialist at (800) 422-4389.

– Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI13CSJ5Efc

– Workflow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzw5Ba_l3XE

– Unboxing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl3n7sSRqW8

– How-To’s https://www.goliathcnc.com/support/tutorial/