by Steve Melito | Oct 19, 2018 | Blog, Production Machining
Do you use older CNC equipment in your machine shop or manufacturing facility? Here at Winn Manufacturing, we use a Kitamura Mycenter 3 vertical machining center (VMC) with a pallet changer to produce some of the parts for the Winn Speed Lock Vise. Our patented,...
by WinnManufacturing | Oct 5, 2018 | Blog, Custom Machining, Production Machining
What’s the best way to find answers to machine shop questions? Today, people use the Internet for just about everything. Although there are other search engines, Google is the go-to for many searches. Google is easy-to-use, but that doesn’t mean you’ll find what...
by WinnManufacturing | Aug 28, 2018 | Blog, Production Machining
Winn Manufacturing shares a CNC machine setup challenge – and a cost-saving solution. Winn Manufacturing has three CNC lathes. Two are older Cincinnati CNC machines that have been retrofitted with new controls. The other is a Methods Slant 50 CNC turning center from...
by WinnManufacturing | Mar 26, 2018 | Blog, Custom Machining, Production Machining
At Winn Mfg. we have CNC machined (4) 100 piece lots of the part in this photo over the past 18 to 24 months. The material is a 1141 cold finish bar and the Acme threaded section is approximately 11-1/2 inches long. All of the turning operations are done our CNC lathe...
by WinnManufacturing | Nov 22, 2017 | Custom Machining, Production Machining
Winn Speed Lock 6″ Vise unique features that separate it from the Kurt Vise The Winn Speed Lock 6″ Vise has many of the same proven features as most of the well made vise on the market, such as Kurt, Teco, Wilton and Glacern. All have the Angle Lock Design...
by WinnManufacturing | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog, Production Machining
Machining an Aluminum Sand Casting Project Here at Winn Mfg. we have been machining an aluminum sand casting project for a couple of years that has good volume. The project averages about 19,000 parts per year with three different castings and a total of six different...