After I purchased my first home, I realized that I wanted to fill it with beautiful furniture pieces. I started looking for wholesale furniture places, and ended up learning a lot about furniture manufacturing from a friend who was in the business. He showed me how they chose different wood pieces, prepared each piece for manufacturing, and then assembled the furniture in a streamlined way. Within about six months, I was excited enough about manufacturing to start this website. Check out this great blog to learn all kinds of interesting things about manufacturing, how it affects you, and how to spot pieces that are made well.
Laser cutting for sheet metal produces very sharp and precise edges. What you do with these edges after the metal has been cut is up to you and up to the customer. Here are just a few of the steps following the laser cutting to create specific edge and decorative styles.
Grinding
If the customer has asked for sheet metal to be transformed into lightweight blades, you grind the edges of the cut pieces until a hair-thin sharp edge appears on each piece of metal intended to become a knife. [Read More]