A Major Hidden Cost Missed When Quoting
We developed our KipwareQTE® quoting and estimating software from our real world experiences on the shop floor and running a variety of different machine shops. Over the years, one main category when quoting that is often misunderstood, under quoted and even completely ignored is perishable tooling. Do you include perishable tooling in your costing and […]
Why CAD/CAM Post Processors Are Old School And Obsolete
There is no denying that going from a CAD drawing through CAM and then to the output of the final G code program … a post processor is an essential tool. And if you wish to output that G code to multiple machines and controls … then you must need multiple post processors. Right ???? […]
Manually Editing G Code Created by Your CAM is SOOOO Yesterday
When we talk to programmers who are using a CAD/CAM system … and we love to do that BTW … the major complaint we hear is regarding their post processor. There are basically TWO TOP compaints … The G code generated always needs to be “tweaked” They have to purchase posts for various machines / controls […]
KipwareCYC® – New Release – Multiple Part Machining Time Estimating
The design of KipwareCYC® from the start has been to assist users accurately create machining time estimates for their workpieces … and has been based on creating that time to machine one part from start to finish. Estimates are created while users walk the part through each machining operation for each machine required … creating […]
Web Search Popularity VS. Reality
When you do a Google SEARCH … what is the “thing” that makes you visit a site in the list? TOP result? … First name on the list. Description provided under the site name? … “We have exactly what you searched for!” “Big name” recognition … “Wow Home Depot has it!” Paid Ads … those […]
Kipware® Compatibility with Inventables ShapeOko and X-Carve
As word gets out about the ease-of-use and power of KipwareM® conversational CNC programming software … we are starting to get more and more inquiries from the MAKER community concerning one of the more popular MAKER machines out there … the ShapeOko and now the X-Carve from Inventables. Clients want to know if the code […]
Machine Shop Quotation Tracking … The Difference Between Trudging Along and GROWING.
Let’s face the facts … shall we. If you are like most shop owners : You do your best to make sure that you get your quotes and estimates out the door on time and as accurate as possible. Once the quote is sent … you might even follow-up with a phone call or email […]
Kipware and the MAKER Culture
Since the early 1990’s, Kipware® software has been assisting varieties of professional machinists and professional machine shops work around the bloated, overpriced, “big name ” software guys by creating and providing a line of what we refer to as “REAL WORLD” machine shop software. Called REAL WORLD software because they were born from what we […]
Conversational 3D CNC Machining with KipwareM®
Kentech Inc. continues to turn the conversational CNC programming software world on it’s head releasing unprecedented and powerful fill-in-the-blank programming options for it’s Kipware® conversational CNC programming software for milling and turning. In late April, the most powerful and easy-to-use conversational TURNING and BORING menus hit the market for KipwareT® – Conversational CNC Software for […]
The FARCE that is Feature Based Cost Estimating
Taking a trip around the net you might find a few of the machine shop job costing and estimating software applications out there touting their application as “FEATURE BASED” estimating. My first reaction is always … REALLY ??? Does anyone really fall for that sales gobbly-gook speak ??? What else would you want to estimate […]
