Don Breneman purchased a PCNC 1100 as an affordable secondary operation CNC mill to solve a costly bottleneck in his machine shop. A standing order for oil and gas components was keeping his Haas VF2 busy around the clock, but each part required a serial number. The engraving operation for parts of varying sizes accounted for more than half of the cycle time on the single machine. “Using an 8000 lb. machine for engraving is like killing a fly with a hammer,” he explains. By offloading the engraving operation, Breneman felt he could free up time on the VF2 for higher-value jobs.