CNC Router with Camera & Oscillating Knife for Sign Making | Ohio Signs
In this customer spotlight, we head to Ohio Signs, a signage and graphics manufacturer that needed to upgrade their outdated equipment to keep up with production demands. Rather than buying a strictly digital finishing machine, they invested in a ShopSabre IS-510 CNC router equipped with a Camera System and Tangential Oscillating Knife—giving them heavy-duty routing and precision digital finishing in one machine.
The owner breaks down exactly how the camera system reads registration marks from their flatbed and roll-to-roll printers to flawlessly align and adjust cut paths. We get an inside look at how the tangential oscillating knife effortlessly cuts corrugated plastic, floor decals, and magnetic material, while the heavy-duty ball screw router tackles aluminum faces, acrylic letters, and 3D signs.
If you own a sign shop and are tired of outsourcing your cuts or fighting with outdated equipment, this video proves why a versatile, U.S.-made CNC machine is the ultimate investment for your business’s efficiency.
Episode Highlights:
[00:00] – Introduction to Ohio Signs and outgrowing their outdated CNC machine.
[00:57] – CNC Router vs. Digital Finishing Machine: Choosing a ball screw machine that does both.
[01:58] – The financial advantage of buying direct from ShopSabre and skipping the distributor.
[02:40] – How the ShopSabre Camera System and Tangential Oscillating Knife actually work.
[03:34] – Why an oscillating knife is better than a drag knife for corrugated plastic and decals.
[04:44] – Utilizing OptScout software and ShopSabre’s remote login tech support.
[06:44] – The ultimate versatility of the IS-510: ACM, acrylic letters, and 3D routed signs.
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