He is now beginning to use the software to produce curved table tops. I input the shelf data, and it automatically positions the holes.” And as well as designing and cutting the panels it makes the dowel holes, pin holes and shelf holes. “It literally saves hours by getting all the sizes and angles right. “He’s now highly proficient in producing top end, quality kitchens, and is beginning to use it for making doors, too.”Īs a qualified and experienced carpenter, Yashpal Singh Batchu says Cabinet Vision and Screen-To-Machine fully complement his traditional skills by saving time and making it simple to always achieve perfect results. He is impressed at how much Yashpal Singh Batchu has achieved in such a short time with the software. All hole positions are adjusted accordingly, and the cut lists produced.” It’s extremely diverse and meets any client’s individual needs simply by dragging and dropping, and then parametrically reshaping and resizing. “There’s virtually no cabinet-based shape that can’t be designed quickly and accurately with the software. Those points are all echoed by Cabinet Vision’s Southern UK sales manager Danny Hargreaves.
“And we have absolute confidence that whatever we design will be faithfully cut on the CNC router, thanks to the NC code produced in Screen-To-Machine.” Cabinet Vision’s parametric capabilities ensure that when we adjust the height, for instance, it automatically adjusts the other dimensions and ensures the screw and dowel holes are moved to the right place for the resized cabinet,” continues Yashpal. “Then, for the 1000mm units I’ll just press a button to convert it. For example, if the units are 600mm he will bring it in from the library, and then drag and drop until they are all set up. When working on a new project in Cabinet Vision he sets the room size first, then places doors, windows, sink, cooker and other appliances, then selects the appropriate cabinetry and slots it in place. To draw it manually and get all the dimensions and holes right would probably take an hour,” he says. When I want to create a kitchen unit I just bring a cabinet in from the software library and it’s in place in five seconds. “My computer skills were extremely limited, but Cabinet Vision is so simple to learn that I quickly reached the stage where I can easily design a kitchen from scratch.
With around 40 different types of panels and cabinets stored in the library he says it takes around half an hour to create the full kitchen, and then he simply presses a button to send the NC code via Cabinet Vision’s Screen-To-Machine module to Akaal’s Felder Format4 Profit H500 five-axis router.īefore taking on his new design role when Akaal began manufacturing in late 2016, he supervised carpentry work on the construction sites, which did not involve computers. “Everything we produce goes through Cabinet Vision – from a small job through to a large one,” says Yashpal. In addition to the 570 sq m workshop it also has a 360 sq m showroom which is attracting considerable interest from end-user consumers. While the fitting operation continues to be run from London, the factory has been established in Oldbury in the West Midlands, where industrial property prices are lower.
Whether it be full kitchens or individual cabinets, he says the time savings are enormous.Īkaal has recently diversified from its position purely as a fitting company buying in units, to manufacturing its own.
Those are the words of Akaal manufacturing and construction manager Yashpal Singh Batchu. “If you make kitchens and bedrooms, or anything else with cabinets and panels, you’re wasting your time if you’re not using Cabinet Vision, and probably losing thousands of pounds a week because of all the time it saves.” Construction, furniture joinery firm Akaal relies on Cabinet Vision for all its work, whether small or large, saying it saves it hours of expensive labour.