{"id":118,"date":"2007-10-03T22:50:33","date_gmt":"2007-10-04T02:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siebenthalercreative.com\/blog\/?p=118"},"modified":"2007-10-03T23:02:21","modified_gmt":"2007-10-04T03:02:21","slug":"thats-a-lot-of-billet-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siebenthalercreative.com\/blog\/thats-a-lot-of-billet-really\/","title":{"rendered":"that&#8217;s a lot of billet &#8211; really"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siebenthalercreative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/rise-machines.jpg\" title=\"billet mania\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siebenthalercreative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/rise-machines.jpg?resize=161%2C124\" alt=\"billet mania\" height=\"124\" width=\"161\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Professional Motor Sport&#8217;s latest issue, the California tool manufacturer Haas Automation is on track as the fastest growing cnc maker on the planet. Sales in &#8217;06  totaled more than 12,500 units. The 2007 target is nearly 14,000 machines, with an annual goal of 15,000 cncs and sales of $1-billion.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a lot of capacity. A lot of aluminum. A lot of aftermarket for the automotive and motorcycle industries. I mention this only because it wasn&#8217;t that many years ago when a milling machine was strictly the domain of a tool and die shop, and setup and operation was at the hands of a dedicated toolmaker.<\/p>\n<p>Times change. Once again, without a computer to interpret the programs humans write, it&#8217;s fair to contemplate an aftermarket much, much smaller. And at this rate of growth, it&#8217;s almost possible to imagine a time when shopping for a new home might include a 3br\/2ba\/gar\/pool\/NEW cnc listing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Professional Motor Sport&#8217;s latest issue, the California tool manufacturer Haas Automation is on track as the fastest growing cnc maker on the planet. Sales in &#8217;06 totaled more than 12,500 units. The 2007 target is nearly 14,000 machines, with an annual goal of 15,000 cncs and sales of $1-billion. That&#8217;s a lot of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marketplace-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfUeo-1U","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siebenthalercreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siebenthalercreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siebenthalercreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siebenthalercreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siebenthalercreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/siebenthalercreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siebenthalercreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siebenthalercreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siebenthalercreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}