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John Brinkerhoff - President, European Design Inc. - Glascow, KY
1-3-05
Dennis Palmer
Thermwood Corporation
P.O. Box 436
Dale, Indiana 47523
Dear Dennis
When
I first heard about Nested Manufacturing in the summer of 1999, I was looking
for a way to substantially increase our current rate of production without
the huge investment of a CNC beam saw and point to point machines. After
much investigation and a tour of the Thermwood facility, I decided on the Nested
approach using a Model 40 Router.
I have visited shops that use traditional beam saws and point to point
machines and I now believe that Nested Base Manufacturing was; and still
is, the best choice for our furniture building process. One of the things
we really like about the Routers is the all-in-one processing feature.
Parts are cut, drilled, routed, etc. in just one operation. Additional
point to point and secondary router operations are eliminated all together.
Another benefit is just the routing ability itself. With our AlphaCam software,
we can easily route and drill virtually any part that is drawn in Autocad.
Late in 2001 we expanded our entire operation with a move from our
current 12000 sq. ft. facility into our current 64,000 sq. ft. operation.
The expansion aslo included a second Thermwood Model 40, second edgebander
and a CNC Dowel Drill in our machining area. The Dowel Drill/Inserter
is another great way to save time by automating the doweling process.
Like the Thermwood Routers, we use Cabinet Vision Manufacturing Software
to send corresponding information to the drill. Operators simply
scan the bar code label (Labelit Software) and the proper program
is loaded to drill and dowel the part.
Over the years, Thermwood has been a great company to do business
with. Their tech support reps are on the ball when we need help and
parts are sent usually the same day.
Keeping up with our increase in sales over the years has never been
a problem. Since adopting Nested Manufacturing and obtaining our
first Thermwood Router in early 2000, we have gone from $1,200,000.00
to $4,000,000.00 in production as of year end 2004.
I guess we made the right choice.
John Brinkerhoff
President, European Design Inc.
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