--- title: CNC Machining Blog | Hurco CNC Machine Tools | Hurco History description: Hurco History | Welcome to the Hurco CNC machine tool blog. Subscribe for weekly posts on high-speed and 5-axis machining, workholding, the latest control technologies, plus Hurco tips-and-tricks…just to name a few. --- # CNC Machining Blog - Tips and Tricks for Machinists Welcome to the Hurco CNC machine tool blog. Subscribe for weekly posts on high-speed and 5-axis machining, workholding, the latest control technologies, plus Hurco tips-and-tricks…just to name a few. Browse by All Manufacturing Industry Insights CNC Control & Software Milling WinMax Conversational Programming 5-Axis Machining NC / G-Code Programming CAD/CAM / Post Processor Hurco Turning Lathe Tooling Mill Tooling control technology High Speed Machining Mold Making Tool & Die Prototype Machining Workholding Automation Aerospace & Defense Hurco History cnc lathe turning center cnc machining entrepreneur history of machining 3d dxf Automotive Gerald Roch Hurco50 Indiana business Mr. Roch US Navy USS Indiana Vintage Hurco conversational cnc control conversational programming customer dxf dxf transfer hurco cnc indy inventions inventor manufacturing history 2-axis shearing machine 2d dxf 3D Import AI Artificial Intelligence COVID-19 Circle Segment Cutters Compu-cut Coronavirus Ed Humston Energy Hurco 50th Anniversary Hurco US Navy IRS Make48 Medical NHRA PRI Show Purdue Polytechnic Anderson Youth in Manufacturing autobend cnc mill depreciation federal income tax future history of Hurco how its made indycar racing rigid robust section 179 smart machining tax deduction vmx y-axis ## Posts about Hurco History: ![Is Conversational Programming Dead in Modern Machining?](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/Hurco-WinMax-CNC-Control.web.jpg) [WinMax Conversational Programming](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/winmax-conversational-programming) [NC / G-Code Programming](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/nc-g-code-programming) [CNC Control & Software](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-control-software) [Hurco History](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco-history) [CAD/CAM / Post Processor](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cadcam-post-processor) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) [conversational cnc control](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/conversational-cnc-control) [conversational programming](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/conversational-programming) During my 35+ years in manufacturing, I have worked at several shops and visited hundreds more. In the vast majority of these job shops, there has been at least one CNC machine with some type of conversational programming; in many of these shops, they used conversational programming for most of their work. ![Vintage Hurcos: CNC Machines Built to Last](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/IMG_2804.jpg) [Milling](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/milling) [Hurco History](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco-history) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) [Vintage Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/vintage-hurco) Hurco CNC machines are built for the long haul thanks to their robust iron that will last a lifetime if maintained properly. We love to highlight customers who are still making money with vintage Hurcos that they purchased back in the 1980s and 90s. [Bryant’s MachineShop ](https://www.bryantscnc.com/)is a great example. ![Interview with Hurco Co-Founder Mr. Roch (History of Hurco: Part 3)](https://blog.hurco.com/hs-fs/file-398238589-jpg/images/roch-vignette-resized-600.jpg) [Mr. Roch](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/mr-roch) [history of machining](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/history-of-machining) [Compu-cut](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/compu-cut) [2-axis shearing machine](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/2-axis-shearing-machine) [Ed Humston](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/ed-humston) [inventions](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/inventions) [manufacturing history](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/manufacturing-history) [Hurco History](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco-history) [Gerald Roch](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/gerald-roch) [inventor](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/inventor) [entrepreneur](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/entrepreneur) [Indiana business](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/indiana-business) If you're a regular reader, you're up to speed about the interview I conducted with Mr. Roch, co-founder of Hurco (you can scroll down to this week's video and skip the recap of Parts 1 and 2). ![Happy Birthday Hurco - 45 years](https://blog.hurco.com/hs-fs/file-357528324-jpg/images/hurco-history-resized-600.jpg) [Hurco History](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco-history) [Gerald Roch](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/gerald-roch) [inventor](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/inventor) [entrepreneur](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/entrepreneur) [Indiana business](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/indiana-business) I couldn't let the month of October end without acknowledging our 45th birthday...it was October of 1968 when Mr. Roch asked Mr. Humston if he wanted to start a shop. Hurco co-founder, Gerald V. Roch, inventor of CNC and conversational progamming, sat down with me so I could document our company's founding…and he didn't "sugarcoat" it. He talked about failed product launches, financial challenges, and the times he feared the company would fold. During the coming weeks, we will post different parts of the interview with Mr. Roch. To skip the blog article and go straight to the video, scroll to the bottom! ### Subscribe to the Machinists Blog Copyright © 2026, Hurco Companies, Inc. ![](https://secure.pass8heal.com/222100.png)