Comparing Roughing Techniques
Side-by-side comparison of traditional roughing and our new OptiRough technique.
The video demonstrates what Dave King, owner of Choice Tool (Minneapolis, MN) discovered after Brian Pascoe from Prototek Engineering (a local CAM reseller) called to inform him that the cost factors affecting King's operations were about to change dramatically with the latest version of his CAM software, Mastercam that contained several new features to greatly improve his productivity, especially roughing and fine finishing.
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