--- title: CNC Machining Blog | Hurco CNC Machine Tools | Hurco (2) 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. (2) --- # 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 (2): ![Importing Solid Model STL File as Stock Geometry in WinMax Software](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/Capture-1.jpg) [CNC Control & Software](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-control-software) [Manufacturing Industry Insights](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/manufacturing-industry-insights) [CAD/CAM / Post Processor](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cadcam-post-processor) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) The ability to import an STL file for stock geometry is a Hurco WinMax feature I'm excited to discuss. Although many people have this feature on their controls, they either aren't aware of it or don't know how to use it. I thought it was worth a quick blog post and video.  ![Hurco Control: Overlooked Features of WinMax Software](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/Work%20Offset.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](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) The Hurco control is so easy to use and self-teach that often times there are overlooked features that could be extremely useful if operators knew about them. This blog article is to help machinists understand some features of the WinMax® software they may not have been aware of. ![Winning! Hurco Control Wins Award](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/cnc%20cookbook%20award%201.png) [CNC Control & Software](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-control-software) [Manufacturing Industry Insights](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/manufacturing-industry-insights) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) **CNC Cookbook Survey Respondents Rank Hurco Control #1** ![5-Axis CNC Book Release](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/123456789.jpg) [5-Axis Machining](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/5-axis-machining) [CNC Control & Software](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-control-software) [Manufacturing Industry Insights](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/manufacturing-industry-insights) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) Well I’m just too excited about this not to share this news with my readers. With the help of Hurco Companies, I just recently published my very first actual book! It is a comprehensive guide to 5-axis CNC machining, and I wrote it to help the machinist as a shop floor guide of sorts. ![How to Measure 5-Axis Trunnion Centerlines Yourself](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/Jason-U-Series-Trunion.jpg) [5-Axis Machining](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/5-axis-machining) [Milling](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/milling) [control technology](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/control-technology) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) Anyone who runs a 5-axis CNC machine knows how important correct centerline measurements can be for accurate machining. Often times, however, when troubleshooting for issues, or after a slight “bump” of the machine, there might be a need to verify or re-measure these centerline values. ![Hurco, Submarines, and the U.S. Navy](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/Sub%20Signed%20Picture.jpg) [indy](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/indy) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) [US Navy](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/us-navy) [USS Indiana](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/uss-indiana) Earlier this week, a few of us here at Hurco were invited to a local function to meet the command staff of a newly commissioned Virginia Class Nuclear Submarine, for the U.S. Navy, named after our very own Hoosier state - the USS INDIANA…and, as it was written on the picture below, by the skipper of the Indiana, Commander Jesse Zimbauer, this submarine is “Hurco made”. ![Hurco, John Force Racing, and the Eric Medlen Project](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/JFR-Customer-Machinists-web.jpg) [racing](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/racing) [indy](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/indy) [indycar](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/indycar) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) [NHRA](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/nhra) [PRI Show](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/pri-show) Hurco has many different partherships - some in education, tooling companies, CAM software compalnies, and both Indy Car and NHRA drag racing. Even though every single one of our relationships are important and special in their own way, one of the coolest relationships that we have is with John Force and the John Force Racing team. ![Coolant Rings For Hurco CNC Machines](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/VM_Coolant_Ring_VM20i.jpg) [inventions](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/inventions) [Milling](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/milling) [Mill Tooling](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/mill-tooling) [customer](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/customer) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) One of the features of Hurco that many customers love is the eight-nozzle coolant ring that comes standard on all [VMX models](https://www.hurco.com/en-us/products/3-axis/Pages/VMX-3-axis-vertical-machining-center.aspx) of vertical machining centers. The amount and flow of the flood coolant is sometimes unbelievable to many new users. Now [Hurco VM](https://www.hurco.com/en-us/products/3-axis/Pages/VM-3-Axis-mills.aspx) owners can experience this same overwhelming feeling of flood coolant! [ Prev ](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco/page/1) [1](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco/page/1) [2](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco/page/2) [ Next ](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco/page/3) ### Subscribe to the Machinists Blog Copyright © 2026, Hurco Companies, Inc. ![](https://secure.pass8heal.com/222100.png)