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OSH Cut To Open A Second High-Tech Factory Near Cincinnati

OSH Cut CEO, Caleb Chamberlain, announced last week that their second U.S. factory is nearly operational and will be located in the Cincinnati metropolitan area.

Metal fabricators prefer the wrong kind of customer

Shops often find themselves in a strategic cul-de-sac—extremely busy, falling behind, and yet somehow unable to grow. This circumstance is created not by their competitors, but indirectly by their approach to overhead management.

The potential of digital-first manufacturing

What I’ve come to realize is that in manufacturing, software’s cost is justified not just by improved quality of life, but as a way to convert variable costs into fixed costs. In our case, we’ve used software to automate office overheads. First and foremost, we automate quoting and manufacturability checks. We employ zero estimators, but we can quote more than 100,000 parts per week without straining our systems.

Instant quoting expands access to sheet metal and CNC tube bending

After months of working through numerous tube bending challenges, we’ve designed customer-facing software that simulates rotary draw tube bending tailored for specific bend dies, mandrels, and other tooling we have available.

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Evaluating 2025 and building smarter fab shop strategies for 2026

In this year-end episode of Next-Gen Metal Fab, Tim Heston sits down with All Metals Fabricating’s Lance Thrailkill and OSH Cut CEO Caleb Chamberlain to unpack a wildly unpredictable 2025 in metal fabrication.

The emergence of private equity and vibe coding in fabrication

From the surge of co-bots and advanced automation tools on display to the practical challenges of integrating and maintaining them, FABTECH revealed just how fast the industry is evolving.

From quotes to delivery: Manufacturers must rethink the customer journey

Young people are primed to expect a different experience from manufacturers. This is the age of Amazon. Speed, accessibility, and simplicity are the new normal. This is obviously true for consumer products, but young people are bringing their expectations into businesses as well.

Tech is transforming the job shop market

In the last 70 years, technology destroyed, created, and transformed virtually every industry and market worldwide—every market except for manufacturing.

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What can AI do for metal fabricators?

Artificial intelligence will change the world, eventually. Metal fabricators and manufacturers alike still deal in the physical world, though, and to do that, thankfully, they still need humans to be involved.

Building and buying great software for metal manufacturing

Healthcare.gov’s disastrous rollout tells metal manufacturers what to avoid when looking into software, its quality, and how it was developed.

Optimizing metal manufacturing performance like Formula One racing

Engineers and analysts in performance racing and financial planning use Monte Carlo simulations and data to predict outcomes of incredibly complicated scenarios. Soon, more fabricators might be doing the same.

Slip Robotics: Revolutionizing the Freight Industry with Automation

Slip Robotics is transforming the freight industry by increasing delivery speed, improving loading and unloading time, and reducing product damage and work accidents.

How manufacturing businesses can maximize value with digital advertising

In the digital age, advertising can be tracked and measured. How manufacturing shops and other metal fabricators use that data can make or break a marketing program.

OrcaVue: From Backyard Stunts to Market Leaders in 360 Photo Booths

OrcaVue, the market leader in the photo booth industry, has revolutionized the event experience with their slow-motion glamor booths. Founded by engineering graduate Daniel Rosenberry and his brother, OrcaVue started as a way to capture captivating moments with just one camera. With a commitment to innovation, customer service, and quality - OrcaVue is set to lead and create more categories within entertainment.