I spend a lot of time trying to learn more about the machining industry, because I work with a lot of CNC machining companies. This is an industry that is filled with technical language that the average person has never heard of — heck, starting with the name of the industry? CNC machining.
I recently encountered the most frustrating technical jargon response. Two of the major machines used in CNC machining are CNC routers and CNC mills. I wanted to know what the difference between them was, so I asked a client. I first got an unrelated history lesson of machining and finally got down to the answer. Guess what? The difference is what they’re being used for. If you’re machining word, it’s a CNC router. If you’re machining metal, it’s a CNC mill. But you use the same damned machine to do both.
Why the heck would you have two different names for the same frickin machine? It’s like they’re trying to confuse us outsiders.
