MARK BOLICK ASHEVILLE, NC
HOW LONG HAVE YOU USED COVINGTON EQUIPMENT AND WHAT ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT DO YOU OWN AND USE?
I’ve used Covington equipment for 25 years, from flat lap grinders, to belt sanders, to lathes, and Rociprolaps.
WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO COVINGTON MACHINERY, AND WHAT DOES THE MACHINERY ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT IMPRESSES YOU MOST?
I’ve always been impressed with the build quality and customer service from Covington. They understand their equipment and what pieces will work the best for the process you need to accomplish, and you can count on the equipment to do the job. The nice thing about Covington equipment is that it is easy to operate and understand. I don’t have to spend working time trying to figure out how a piece of machinery works — it just works and allows me to increase productivity instead of re-training.
HOW DOES WORKING WITH COVINGTON MACHINERY CHALLENGE YOU IN A POSITIVE WAY IN YOUR HOBBY/BUSINESS?
Having the ability to quickly accomplish things that need to be done opens up new opportunities to discover what we never thought might be possible before. It’s so easy to experiment and test new techniques, that it pushes us to discover new and dierent ways to manipulate materials with the equipment.
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED IN THE WORK YOU ARE DOING PRESENTLY?
Once equipment and tools were readily available to achieve an optically flat surface in a home studio, it expanded our ability to move from strictly blown work to a more constructed design.