CED Precision Machining

CED Precision Machining CNC Machine Shop. Lathe, Mills, Waterjet capabilities. Quality is our top priority. This ensures that your parts are made according to your specifications.

CED Precision Machining offers the highest quality waterjet and CNC machining for commercial, aeronautical and industrial purposes with on-time delivery. Each machined part goes through stringent checks during set-up, throughout the run, and final inspection. We pride ourselves on our craftsmanship and personalized customer service. As a leader in the industry with complete waterjet, turning, and

milling capabilities, CED can handle any of your machinings needs whether they be prototypes or large production runs. Contact CED today for all of your machining needs.

Honoring the hardworking people who build, create and keep our industry moving.๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ!
09/07/2026

Honoring the hardworking people who build, create and keep our industry moving.

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ!


๐Ÿš ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌWhat does a helicopter have to do with the invention of ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ (๐๐‚) ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?Mo...
09/01/2026

๐Ÿš ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ

What does a helicopter have to do with the invention of ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ (๐๐‚) ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?

More than you might think.

In the late 1940s, John T. Parsons was working on manufacturing helicopter rotor blades for Sikorsky. The blades had complex aerodynamic curves that required incredibly precise dimensions.

The problem? ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก.

So Parsons turned to an unusual solution: an ๐ˆ๐๐Œ ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐€ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก-๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ to calculate the precise coordinate points needed to shape the blades.

Those numerical instructions could then be used to control a milling machine.

๐Ÿ’ก The breakthrough: instead of telling a machinist ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, you could tell the machine ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.

That idea became known as โ€œmachining by numbersโ€ and helped lay the foundation for modern NCโ€”and eventually CNCโ€”machining.

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ โ†’ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ โ†’ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ โ†’ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐๐‚ ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ.

Sometimes, the biggest manufacturing breakthroughs start with one simple problem: โ€œ๐–๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก.โ€

#๐ƒ๐ข๐๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ: ๐‚๐๐‚ ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ. โš™๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฅA misplaced decimal point or missing negative sign...
08/21/2026

#๐ƒ๐ข๐๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ: ๐‚๐๐‚ ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ. โš™๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฅ

A misplaced decimal point or missing negative sign can turn a simple CNC command into a very expensive problem.

Imagine programming `Z10` instead of `Z-1.0`โ€”the machine doesnโ€™t stop to ask, โ€œAre you sure?โ€ It follows the instructions exactly, potentially sending a high-speed spindle straight into a solid steel vise.

Thatโ€™s what machinists call a crashโ€”and it can mean damaged tooling, broken components, lost production time, and a repair bill that hurts.

Precision machining demands precision programming.

Have you ever witnessed a CNC crash? What happened? ๐Ÿ‘‡

: CED Precision Machining uses both ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐•๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐๐‚ ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ to handle a wide range of precision m...
08/18/2026

: CED Precision Machining uses both ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐•๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐๐‚ ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ to handle a wide range of precision machining requirements.

๐Ÿ”น Horizontal CNC Machining Centers
Ideal for larger or heavier parts and production work. The horizontal spindle orientation provides efficient chip removal and allows multiple sides of a part to be machined efficientlyโ€”helping reduce setups and improve production consistency.

๐Ÿ”น Vertical CNC Machining Centers
Excellent for machining ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ. Vertical machining provides the flexibility needed for everything from simpler components to detailed, multi-surface parts.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ?
CED can machine components from materials including ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ, ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ, ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง, ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ, ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ณ๐ž, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง/๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ซ๐ข๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง.

Whether you're developing a prototype, producing a short run, or need repeatable production machining, having both horizontal and vertical capabilities gives CED more flexibility to select the right machining approach for the job.

Have a part that needs precision machining?

Send us your drawing or project requirements and let's talk about what we can produce.
https://www.cedprecisionmachining.com

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ... ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ?Some of the biggest machining problems can't be seen with the naked eye. A part may ...
08/06/2026

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ... ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ?

Some of the biggest machining problems can't be seen with the naked eye. A part may have an excellent surface finish yet still contain a microscopic layer that can impact strength, fatigue life, and long-term performance.

That's why critical industries inspect more than what meets the eye.

๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€”๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž? ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž?

: Precision starts with the right setupโ€”because even the best cutting tool needs the right tool holder.๐Ÿ“ฉ Have a machini...
08/04/2026

: Precision starts with the right setupโ€”because even the best cutting tool needs the right tool holder.

๐Ÿ“ฉ Have a machining project? Visit us to discuss how CED Precision Machining can help!

573-483-9877 | www.cedprecisionmachining.com

DID YOU KNOW? Before every machine had its own electric motor, factories relied on the ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ก๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆโ€”one of the grea...
07/23/2026

DID YOU KNOW? Before every machine had its own electric motor, factories relied on the ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ก๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆโ€”one of the greatest engineering innovations of its time.

A single power source, such as a steam engine, water wheel, or early electric motor, turned a long overhead shaft that transferred power throughout the shop using leather belts and pulleys.

This ingenious system allowed dozens of machines to operate simultaneously from one central drive, laying the foundation for modern manufacturing.

โš™๏ธ From line shafts to CNC technology, manufacturing has come a long wayโ€”but precision has always been the goal.

๐Ÿ“ž Looking for precision machining you can rely on?

Contact CED Precision Machining today at 573-483-9877 and let our experience power your next project.

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐„๐ƒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?โœ… Competitive payโœ… Comprehensive benefits packageโœ… Modern equipment & technologyโœ… Stabl...
07/21/2026

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐„๐ƒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?
โœ… Competitive pay
โœ… Comprehensive benefits package
โœ… Modern equipment & technology
โœ… Stable, full-time employment
โœ… Opportunities for career growth and advancement

Whether you're an experienced machinist or an operator looking to grow your skills, CED Precision Machining offers a workplace where craftsmanship and dedication are recognized.

๐Ÿ“ฉ Apply today!
Send your resume to ๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง@๐œ๐ž๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ .๐œ๐จ๐ฆ and take the next step in your manufacturing career.

07/10/2026

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“+ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐.

: For over 25 years, CED Precision Machining has been providing reliable CNC machining and waterjet cutting solutions for customers across a wide range of industries.

Experience matters when quality and precision count.

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