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Out of the Box Software for Cabinet Manufacturing?

What if I told you that there was a software available now that will build cabinets correctly to industry standards right out of the box for most frame and frameless construction methods? What if it had huge libraries full of cabinets and accessories that were already setup, stretchable and ready to drag and drop into a job? What if it included most popular hardware systems fully setup and functional? What if it would cut a nest of true mortise and tenon parts on a CNC router that fully compensated for material thickness variations and required no secondary operations for assembly?

When David Hilker bought CV Solid he saw the awesome potential, but he was concerned by the amount of work that he saw in front of him to fully extract that potential. Nevertheless, he pressed forward with a no holds barred approach. He paid Planit and programmers and consultants to create UCS's, catalogs, reports and systems over a period of several years to get what he wanted out of the software, and he wanted a lot.

You see, David wasn't out to just make Solid work for his shop. Originally from the Midwest, David was from a long cabinet manufacturing heritage. He had spent years learning the standards for the industry and proven practices to manufacture quality cabinetry in an effective manner. He decided that he was going to make Solid build product to those standards and support those practices, but still permit him to easily tweak or change whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted. Combining that goal with his granular attention to detail made it a challenging project, but in 2006 he got it done and then some.

In the process of linking Solid to his nested base router, he had studied many methods for blind dado, dado and butt joint construction but nothing seemed as effective and high quality as the old tried and true mortise and tenon joinery that had been used for years in mainstream cabinet an furniture manufacturing. The problem with that method and NBM was that there was no way to do it in a nest without significant secondary operations and material handling. He tried using multiple bits and passes but there was tear out, and moving parts and bad fits due to thickness variations. Then it dawned on him. He needed a bit that would capture the joint and cut it completely in a way that indexed the mortise and the tenon regardless of thickness variations. After considerable searching it became apparent that no such bit existed. David promptly went to a veteran toolmaker and paid to have the bit he needed designed and manufactured. Did I say persistent earlier? Finally, the last part of the system was in place and working to specs.

Now, after months of testing, David is ready to share his hard work with the rest of the industry and hopefully recoup some of the tens of thousands of dollars that he has invested. His system is called TenonCam, and it's a turn key add-on system for CV Solid Manufacturing. 1Goal Technology Solutions is extremely pleased to be working with David to roll out the TenonCam system in the industry and support the product as it grows.

Oh, and all of that great stuff I talked about at the beginning of this article? Yes, it does all of that and much more and it can be installed in a couple of days. Experienced Solid users will need little if any training to use it right away. Look for the new TenonCam website and much more information right here, real soon.

GW

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