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Tim Paul: Sep 22, 2025 8:00:00 AM
At Toolpath, we’re always exploring how tooling strategies, programming workflows, and machine setups impact the bottom line. A few years back, I...
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Tim Paul: Sep 17, 2025 11:21:11 PM
The CNC productivity gap explained If you’ve worked in or around CNC machine shops, you’ve probably heard: “We just can’t find good people.” Yes,...
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Al Whatmough: Mar 20, 2025 9:59:18 PM
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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Tim Paul: Feb 13, 2025 12:55:42 PM
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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Tim Paul: Feb 3, 2025 7:17:33 AM
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...
