--- title: CNC Machining Blog | Hurco CNC Machine Tools | Hurco description: Hurco | 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: ![How to Add Text Along a Contour: Hurco CNC Programming](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/How%20to%20Add%20Text%20Along%20a%20Contour.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) [control technology](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/control-technology) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) [Hurco50](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco50) [conversational cnc control](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/conversational-cnc-control) [conversational programming](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/conversational-programming) How do I add text along a contour? We often get asked through our social media channels questions that can't be easily answered with a simple response. At [Hurco](https://www.hurco.com/en-us), it is our goal to always provide quality customer service to our users. We don't want any machinist to be left behind when it comes to a proper understanding of our powerful [WinMax® CNC control](https://www.hurco.com/en-us/products/Pages/WinMax-our-cnc-control.aspx#!). This is why our "Your Questions Answered" series was born. This series aims to answer questions submitted to us through our social media channels. By doing this, not only are we answering individual questions of customers, but we are providing a resource for others who may have a similar question but can't find a resolution to their issue. ![3D Surfacing in Conversational Programming](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/Surface%20Screenshot%201.png) [WinMax Conversational Programming](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/winmax-conversational-programming) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) [hurco cnc](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco-cnc) [dxf](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/dxf) [3d dxf](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/3d-dxf) [dxf transfer](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/dxf-transfer) [3D Import](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/3d-import) [Conversational programming](https://www.hurco.com/en-us/products/Pages/WinMax-our-cnc-control.aspx#!#control-features) has always been a great choice for getting jobs up and running quickly and for very efficient programming of 2D and 2.5D contours and features. However, machining actual 3D surfaces required the use of a CAD/CAM software package – that is, until now! ![What the Heck Happened to My DXF?](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/original%20hurco%202d%20dxf%20screen.jpg) [WinMax Conversational Programming](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/winmax-conversational-programming) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) [hurco cnc](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco-cnc) [dxf](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/dxf) [3d dxf](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/3d-dxf) [2d dxf](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/2d-dxf) [dxf transfer](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/dxf-transfer) Something new and improved is almost always better in the long run, but it isn’t always painless. The cost of innovation is CHANGE. And sometimes, machinists, as most human beings, don't really enjoy the process of change. ![Liberty Molds Answers the Call to Help Combat COVID-19](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/Hurco%20CNC%20Machines%20on%20truck%20ready%20to%20ship%20to%20Liberty%20Molds%20to%20Combat%20COVID-19.jpg) [Tool & Die](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/tool-die) [Mold Making](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/mold-making) [customer](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/customer) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) [COVID-19](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/covid-19) [Coronavirus](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/coronavirus) Liberty Molds is an injection mold shop located in Portage Michigan, and is in the business of producing injection molds for the automotive industry. The company is managed by the President Brian Scott and Vice President Jeff Dee. As it reads on their [website](http://www.libertymolds.com/), “Liberty Molds is an ISO 9001:2008 certified mold making tool shop who specializes in injection molds.” The company’s 13,400-square-foot shop has 30 employees, and they take great pride in partnering with their customers (like the [Ford Motor Company](https://www.ford.com/)) to meet quality, price, and delivery needs. I have a feeling that today’s current “needs” were never factored in when they wrote that statement so many years ago! But meeting the needs of our society today has rarely been more important. [www.libertymolds.com](http://www.libertymolds.com/) ![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. ![How to Interrupt Cycle on Hurco Control](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/HOW%20TO%20INTERRUPT%20CYCLE%20ON%20HURCO%20CONTROL.webp) [CNC Control & Software](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-control-software) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) [cnc machining](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-machining) Interrupt Cycle can be used anytime on the [Hurco control](https://www.hurco.com/en-us/products/Pages/WinMax-our-cnc-control.aspx) when the operator wants to suspend the automatic operation of the machine and place the machine into a semi-manual mode. This can be done in both conversational programs and NC programs. ![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. ![3D Solid Model Import 3-Axis and 5-Axis: Conversational CNC](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/3dimport-1-1.png) [manufacturing history](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/manufacturing-history) [5-Axis Machining](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/5-axis-machining) [WinMax Conversational Programming](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/winmax-conversational-programming) [CNC Control & Software](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-control-software) [Manufacturing Industry Insights](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/manufacturing-industry-insights) [control technology](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/control-technology) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) [Hurco 50th Anniversary](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco-50th-anniversary) Hurco's [3D Import feature](https://info.hurco.com/3d-import-solid-model) provides the ability to import a solid model directly into the[ CNC control](https://www.hurco.com/en-us/products/Pages/WinMax-our-cnc-control.aspx) and conversationally program features from that solid on both 3-axis and 5-axis machining centers. 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