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CAD/CAM · CNC ROUTING · EDGEBANDING

CNC Machining, Routing & Edgebanding for Joinery Workshops

Precision CNC routing and edgebanding of MDF, MFC, plywood, and hardwood - Alphacam - programmed, ready to install. Based in Newbury, Berkshire. UK-wide remote service.

NO OVERHEAD, NO INDOOR CNC NEEDED

CNC Machining Without the Overhead

Cam Woodwork Ltd is a CNC routing, machining, and edgebanding service based in Newbury, Berkshire, specialising in wood-based materials for the UK joinery and furniture trade. Toolpaths are programmed in Alphacam, components are CNC-routed and edgebanded at our Newbury workshop, and finished parts are dispatched UK-wide.

We're not a volume panel-processing shop. We're a CAD/CAM specialist who programmes and machines to your drawings — for joinery workshops that need capacity, or CAD/CAM expertise, without adding headcount or equipment.

If you have CAD drawings, DXF files, or even a rough sketch, we can take your components from file to finished, edged, ready-to-install parts — without you needing in-house CNC equipment, an edgebander, or Alphacam programming resource. Most work is handled remotely: you send the files, we programme, machine, and edgeband at our Newbury workshop, and you receive finished parts within 3–7 working days.

The CAD/CAM DIFFERENTIATOR

CNC File Preparation & Toolpath Programming

If you have your own CNC machine but no in-house Alphacam programmer, we offer CAD/CAM file preparation and toolpath programming as a standalone service — cleaning up DXF/DWG files, optimising nesting layouts, and producing Alphacam toolpaths ready to run on your own controller.

File cleanup and optimisation — messy or incomplete DXF/DWG files corrected and prepared for CNC processing

Nesting optimisation — material layouts optimised to reduce waste

Toolpath programming — full Alphacam toolpaths supplied ready-to-run for your machine and controller

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MATERIALS & CAPABILITY

What We Machine

SIMPLE, FIVE-STEP PROCESS

How the Process Works

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Send Your Files
 

Share your CAD drawings, DXF, DWG, STEP, or PDF files by email. A sketch and dimensions works too.

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Quote & Confirmation

We review your files, confirm materials, edgebanding requirements, and quantities — usually within 24 hours.

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Toolpath Programming

Files are programmed into CNC toolpaths in Alphacam — nesting, pass strategy, depths, and tooling set before cutting.

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CNC Machining & Edgebanding

Components are CNC-routed and edgebanded at our Newbury workshop, checked against your drawings.

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Delivery or Collection

Dispatched or available for collection. Most UK deliveries within 1–2 working days of completion.

File Formats Accepted

What You Receive

DXF — preferred for 2D profiles and flat-cut work

DWG — AutoCAD drawings accepted directly

STEP — for 3D component data

PARASOLID — for 3D component data

PDF — reference material alongside dimensions

Sketches + dimensions — for simpler components

• CNC-machined and, where specified, edgebanded components ready for assembly or installation

• Parts checked against supplied drawings before dispatch

• Optional: Alphacam toolpath file returned for your own machine

AN ONGOING SUBCONTRACT PARTNER

Why Joinery Workshops Use Cam Woodwork Ltd

CNC programming takes time — and if your machine is down, your job stops. Most of our clients send work through regularly rather than as a one-off — an ongoing subcontract relationship, not a single order.

Capacity on demand

take on more subcontract work without adding machine time, edgebanding capacity, or programming resource to your own schedule

CAD/CAM expertise without the learning curve

complex profiles, nesting optimisation, and connector machining, handed back as ready-to-run CNC programs or finished parts

One supplier for routing and edgebanding

no need for a separate edgebanding subcontractor

Consistent, ready-to-fit parts

checked before they leave, ready to go straight into your build

RECENT WORK

See It in Practice

A Newbury-based interior contractor supplied AutoCAD drawings for a set of arched stable doors with recessed panel details. Toolpaths were programmed in Alphacam for the arch profiles and 6mm recess pockets, and 25mm MDF sheets CNC-routed to produce a complete set of doors — delivered ready for hand-painting and installation.

View the full case study →

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Common Questions About CNC Machining

QUESTIONS,  ANSWERED

Get Your Components Quoted Today

Send your DXF files, CAD drawings, or project brief and we'll come back with a clear quote and turnaround — usually within 24 hours. Subcontract CNC routing, machining, edgebanding, and file preparation, based in Newbury, Berkshire.

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