Essential Communications: Product Design Engineer Peter Basil examines the CNC program for a critical furniture component in Mastercam (from CNC Software, Tolland, CT). Later he will confer with people in the shop to make sure the CNC programs are fulfilling aesthetic design intent along with the ability for craftsmen to efficiently achieve tight joints and smooth finishes. Show here: Peter Basil (L) conferring with Lead Programmer, Rob Emery.
Thomas Moser craftsman at work: Handmade furniture excellence is so highly regarded that when these pieces are completed, the craftsman signs the piece. Computer automated manufacturing contribute to the complexity of the pieces, and make the craftsmen more productive. Shown here are (1) Garrett Jacobs, (2) David McGuire and (3) Mike Beaumont.
Thomas Moser craftsman at work: Handmade furniture excellence is so highly regarded that when these pieces are completed, the craftsman signs the piece. Computer automated manufacturing contribute to the complexity of the pieces, and make the craftsmen more productive. Shown here are (1) Garrett Jacobs, (2) David McGuire and (3) Mike Beaumont.
Thomas Moser craftsman at work: Handmade furniture excellence is so highly regarded that when these pieces are completed, the craftsman signs the piece. Computer automated manufacturing contribute to the complexity of the pieces, and make the craftsmen more productive. Shown here are (1) Garrett Jacobs, (2) David McGuire and (3) Mike Beaumont.
Essential Communications: Product Design Engineer Peter Basil examines the CNC program for a critical furniture component in Mastercam (from CNC Software, Tolland, CT). Later he will confer with people in the shop to make sure the CNC programs are fulfilling aesthetic design intent along with the ability for craftsmen to efficiently achieve tight joints and smooth finishes. Show here: Peter Basil (L) conferring with Lead Programmer, Rob Emery.
Advances 6-Axis Router shown here executing a Mastercam program to cut a Shaker Table Leg using the system’s unique rotary axis. Looking on are Chris Taylor, Sales Support Liason and Peter Basil, Product Design Engineer
Advances 6-Axis Router shown here executing a Mastercam program to cut a Shaker Table Leg using the system’s unique rotary axis. Looking on are Chris Taylor, Sales Support Liason and Peter Basil, Product Design Engineer
Critical sculptured components used in Thos. Moser's “Hartford Collection” exemplify this benefit of multi-axis manufacturing. This line consists of chairs, sofas, coffee tables, side tables, etc. with bow shaped pieces made from steamed walnut. For example, Design Engineer Peter Basil says, "All of the pieces in the chair’s frame, particularly the joinery, are complex. Yes, they can be made by hand here, but then no one could afford to buy them. Now our customers can.”
Critical sculptured components used in Thos. Moser's “Hartford Collection” exemplify this benefit of multi-axis manufacturing. This line consists of chairs, sofas, coffee tables, side tables, etc. with bow shaped pieces made from steamed walnut. For example, Design Engineer Peter Basil says, "All of the pieces in the chair’s frame, particularly the joinery, are complex. Yes, they can be made by hand here, but then no one could afford to buy them. Now our customers can.”










Robert Dalheim is an editor at the Woodworking Network. Along with publishing online news articles, he writes feature stories for the FDMC print publication. He can be reached at [email protected].
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