Need a friend to engineer my invention on a CNC, what are the various ways to compensate him?
Kwikiewit asked:
I have a product, i know exactly how it needs to work, and how it should look etc etc. I just need it made on a CNC, and a little bit of a friends engineering help to perfect it. What kind of options are common for being able to get help and compensate [...]
Where can I get a cnc mill big enough to make car rims?
Brewtus asked:
Does anyone know of a place that I can get used cnc mills that are big enough to make car rims for cheap? I don’t need anything that cuts very fast. Speed doesn’t matter, cost does.
Because They Can
Oakland based husband and wife team Jeffrey McGrew and Jillian Northrup are shaking things up with their fantastically inspired interior and display work. Makes you want a CNC router, badly. link
Long day and disappointing auction - buyer beware
I was at this auction today: Design Decor specifically looking at this little bundle of techno-geek joy: Under computer control, a large router is moved over a four by eight foot table (think whole sheet of plywood) and there is a height (Z Axis) control as well. It came with two computers and a copy of MasterCam2 software. You can buy a similar unit for about $3.8K minus software and ‘puters. MasterCam2 is worth a couple hundred for the older version they had. Computers are about $800 eac
Are CNC or CAD machines for jewelry worth it?
cookiesnstarz@verizon.net asked:
I’m 12 and my dad is planning on buying me one for $500. He said its really easy to make money on. What else do i need for the machine? Any programs beside Mastercam or does that not work. We have all the drill bits i think.
What kind of company would offer CNC Routing services to the public?
shoals_dave52 asked:
I need prototypes of some plastic products. These will eventually be molded, but for now I need components to be routed from plastic by a CNC router. What kind of company should I look for to provide such a service?
Can a CNC router equipped with a laser or plasma cutter cleanly cut aluminum diamond plate?
Kevin O asked:
I’d like to cut some designs in aluminum diamond plate and I was curious to know if a CNC router with a laser or plasma torch could do the job. I know a waterjet works pretty well, but the price of the machine is currently not in my budget. Thanks!
Cutting Tools for Acrylic (ThomasNet)
Onsrud Cutter LP, the leading supplier of CNC router tooling, has introduced a line of cutting tools designed for acrylic sheet materials. The 63-500 series of solid carbide spiral “O” flute tools will produce a superior edge finish on either cast or extruded acrylic plastic. This is especially important in plastic products such as exhibits, signs or P-O-P displays where the public constantly …
How much demand is there for CNC router programmer-operators in the US?
crao_craz asked:
Are jobs hard to fill? Someone I know would like to emigrate from China. She teaches CNC router programming and operation.
Gibson Gary Moore BFG
While I was looking up info on the Gibson Dark Fire, I came across this beauty. I really loved the BFG’s design sensibilities. For once they created a “modern” guitar that didn’t have all those stupid design flourishes. It gives me faith in Gibson’s future releases that they can release a guitar this simple yet forward thinking.
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