Toolpath Blog

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CEO Playdate at TRAK: Machining, Learning, and the Future of Automation

Stepping onto the shop floor at TRAK Machine Tools felt like stepping back to my roots. The smell of coolant, chips in my shoes, and the hum of CNC...

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Mastering toolpath smoothing, tolerance, and machine settings for optimal machining

Imagine spending hours programming, setting up, and machining a part, only to scrap it because your roughing toolpaths gouged the final geometry...

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CNC Programming: It’s Just Algorithms—Or Is It?

One evening, my friend Carl looked at me and said, “It’s just algorithms, Tim.” I almost laughed. As a machinist and CNC programmer, I have spent...