Posts by Jeremy Stevenson

• Nov-5-2025

  [EM]POWERING THE NORTH: Building a Skilled Workforce Through Digital Manufacturing Education

  Empowering the North Canada is on the cusp of one of the biggest industrial shifts that we have ever seen....

• Nov-4-2025

  [EM]POWERING URBAN AMERICA: Bringing Digital Manufacturing Education to the Next Generation

  A Quiet Crisis Across urban America, a quiet crisis is unfolding – one that has little to do with technology,...

• Oct-29-2025

  From Classroom to Career: How CAD + CNC Translates to the Workforce

  Do We Just Talk A Big Game? We talk a lot about using CAD and CNC in the classroom to...

• Oct-22-2025

  Ontario’s New Tech-Ed Requirement

  Ontario’s New Graduation Requirement Spurs Innovation in Technology Education In 2023, the Ontario Ministry of Education announced a major shift...

• Oct-15-2025

  So, How Did The Kid Get Here?

  From Design Nerd to CNC Advocate If you had told my Grade 9 woodshop teacher that one day I’d be...

• Sep-30-2025

  What is CSA, and why does it matter?

  Why CSA Certification Matters for CNC Machines (and Why Educators Should Care) When we build CNC machines for classrooms and...

• Sep-2-2025

  The CNC Feature I Almost Overlooked

  I’ll be honest, when I first came across rotary axis attachments for CNC machines, I did not “get” it. It...

• Aug-19-2025

  Why Our CNC Machines Are Co-Branded with i2R

  When Steve and I first manufactured our own exclusive CNC machines under ICONIC CNC, it always felt like there was...

• Aug-5-2025

  My Gorilla, General, Iconic, Axiom, Simply Journey.

  Garage Beginnings Gorilla CNC was born in a garage in 2005 – specifically, my next-door neighbour Ron Baker’s garage. Ron,...

• Jul-28-2025

  Why We Built EMPOWER[ED] ACADEMY

  Oh, come on! Tell me you wouldn’t love to watch a CNC training course taught by an AI baby? This...

• Jun-30-2025

  Why Do the Big Shops Get All the Fun?

  What about the REST OF US?! Walk into a large manufacturing facility, and it’s hard not to feel a little...

• Jun-6-2025

  What Makes a CNC Machine “Built for Education”?

  Most CNC machines weren’t designed for the classroom. They were designed for factories, fabrication shops, or hobbyists working solo in...