Here is a great photo of a sign completed fully utilizing our new Craftsman 510 Vortech Router. We cut out our faces and backs out in record time thanks to the new Vortech Router! Another job well done Speedy! Later this week I will show everyone what Speedy was able to do with a new sign we are working on.
So...as I sit here today working on getting everything ready for production on a new sign we are currently working on for a client here in the Jacksonville area I wanted to fill you guys in on what we are doing with some photos of each step of the way with our new Vortech Router. We have here our acrylic placed on the MDF above the table with double-sided tape holding the acrylic down. We have already uploaded our pattern into MACH 3 and are ready to run it. Spindle flying at 24,000 rpms and the Vortech Router is screaming as loud as the customer that wanted this sign yesterday!
What we were building here with our Craftsman 510 Vortech Router was a single face for our new "Six Pockets" sign we are building. The amazing part of this project is that we learned how fast the Vortech Router can really cut through some material. It cut out the faces for the entire job in around 40~45 minutes with very little supervision. We are more and more impressed by the machine everyday. We have given it a nickname, Speedy. This has easily been one of the best purchases we have made so far. It has increased our production time by about 53~60%. Which in turn has made it to where we will be able to bust out a set of internally-illuminated channel letters in 3~4 business days. Whereas before it was taking us anywhere from 7~10 business days. In my next blog later today I will post pics of the sign on the wall, finished products are always easier on the eyes! We never could have imagined getting the sign done this fast without our new Vortech Router!
Hello everyone! My name is Mike and we at Signsharks Sign Service, Inc. recently purchased a new Craftsman 510 Vortech Router and are consistently working to make our sign fabrication processes more efficient. We are currently building a set of 30" tall channel letters and are cutting out the .040 aluminum backs (Pictured). Next we will be cutting out faces from some white acrylic we have. I will add pictures next week of that and the finished product. The overall set-up of the machine probably took us around 4 weeks once we finally had a grasp on everything (programs to run as well as finding space for it in the shop). When we first got the idea to get a CNC router to help with the production side of our business we had no prior experience with the technology whatsoever. With a lot of help from the friendly staff at Vortech we were able to fully take advantage of this great machine. Each week I will be updating you all with some of the things we are doing here in our shop with the Vortech Router and some of the applications that it could be used for. We are very proud owners of the Vortech Router and couldn't be more pleased out of the technical support from Vortech. Keith and Brent, thanks for all the support and for coming down to help with set-up! If anyone has any questions they need answered please be sure to email me at mike@signsharks.com and I will do my best to either answer the questions you have in e-mail back or with your permission I will add it to the weekly blog.
