OT - Boston Digital (Bostomatic) co-founder dies

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USMCPOP

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Midlothian, Virginia

• Oct 7, 2011

• #1

Thomas Linn, who co-founded Boston Digital along with Ara Aykanian in 1965, passed away on Thursday, 10/6 in Jamestown, RI. He was 80 years old.

I'm going to miss my Uncle Tom.

 

Laurentian

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Canada

• Oct 7, 2011

• #2

My deepest sympathy.
Your uncle's machines are what got our tooling
shop into cnc. My brother even went down to the Milford
plant in the mid nineties for maintenance school.
Was a great organization and everyone there was very
helpful even though our machines were bought used.
Hugh

 

GBeaman

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Marble Falls, TX

• Oct 7, 2011

• #3

That is sad to hear. I have a special place in my heart for Bostomatics, since my first machine was a Bostomatic 312. She was making parts all day on the rotary axis. Still holds tighter tolerance then any machine in my shop! I bet my parts guys are toasting up a drink to him. Thanks for letting us know.

 

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Midlothian, Virginia

• Oct 8, 2011

• #4

The obit:

http://faganquinnfuneralhome.com:80...n.seam?visitationID=2974&conversationId=33836

 

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Oldrancher

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Riverton, Wy.

• Oct 9, 2011

• #5

Sad news, and makes one feel his age.

I knew both Tom and Ara (Aykanian) "when." The early Bostomatics were my introduction to NC metalcutting, though I'd done a fair amount of work with CAD/CAM in other areas before that.

Hank

 

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• Oct 12, 2011

• #6

Thanks for the kind words. A fair number of family was able to make it to the funeral, and Ara was there. It gets hard for the over 80 crowd to travel.

Saw some great pictures and news clippings from the early days of Boston Digital that would be worth posting in an "antique CNC" forum.

 

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• Apr 24, 2012

• #7

Well, thank you Victoria. Tom was pretty awesome in my opinion. Just my Dad's little brother, but a good one. I miss him.

 

DouglasJRizzo

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Ramsey, NJ.

• Apr 24, 2012

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Sorry to hear of your loss. My condolences.
Boston Digital was a true pioneer in CNC.

 

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3t3d

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WI

• Apr 24, 2012

• #9

I started out with a Bostomatic 312.
The shop it came from started out with it.

They thrived and grew, and so am I.

Very nice machines.

My condolences, they were pioneers, and blazed a trail for others to follow.