Here at Bothe Associates, our CNC machines are the stars of the show. However, the unsung heroes of our shop are our multitudes of support and inspection equipment. Since we have to be ready to make and inspect “anything” at a moment’s notice, we employ a huge variety of machinery to make that happen. Sometimes the old way of machining is still the best way, so we have many pieces of manual equipment that we employ when the need arises. We also utilize several pieces of equpiment which allow us to mark virtually any metal with a permanent engraving or stamping. The final cornerstone of our support equipment is our state-of-the-art quality laboratory where we house our calibrated gages and our two CM