Creatively Using Fixturing and Programming To Beat The Competition To Market Getting to market first with a great product is a winning strategy. But in Compass Precision’s world, doing this with geometrically complicated parts is tough. Having plenty of 5-axis mills,...
Machining & More The Compass Way Compass touts its skills in making the “tough stuff” – metal components and subassemblies most shops won’t touch. Its eight shops all specialize in precision CNC machining, each with its own specialty. But Compass also knows its...
Slicing Metal With A CO2 Laser Compass CEO Gary Holcomb has often been heard to say, “He who dies with the most toys wins”. When asked what this means, Gary grins. If really pressed for an explanation, he offers up his steadfast belief that manufacturers with the...
R&D Quality Inspector Earns Outstanding Recognition Tyler Garcia’s one year and nearly two months at the Compass Precision operating company R&D Machine could be summarized with one cliché – he’s been in the right place at the right time. Tyler had never heard...
It’s Neither a Mill Nor A Lathe Keith Felts, President of Advanced Machining (shown center above with Advanced CNC programmer/machinist Brandon Edds on left and R&D Machine VP & General Manager Justin Kovscek on right), started his company in 1985 after...
Small, Round, & Intricate Is Our Thing According to CEO Gary Holcomb, Compass’s acquiring Bergeron Machine one year ago added much more than just an eighth shop (Compass Precision Purchases Bergeron Machine (April 10, 2023)). With it came Swiss machining...
