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I am a newbie..have been for over a year since I've been lurking around and occassionally asking questions for the last year. I was a high school industrial arts teacher and an industrial artist...

thanks...that was my post on dollhouses..thought I might get a reply here... I will probably design in Rhino first, then import to Matercam.. the stairs I will probably cut out of thin wood on the...

I am looking to CNC a spirit house..instead of making it out of foam core (those crafters :) ) Anyone ever try to do any houses in miniature..I would like to try cutting someone else's pattern...

Anyone out there doing dollhouse or miniature pieces? Would like to try my hand at it, although I haven't been around a machine for several months...want to jump back in

I am a woman on a mission.
according to ganoskin.com

You can also buy a copper colored silver solder from Indian
Jeweler's Supply. 1.800.545.6540.

Too expensive for a classroom...

While my soldering gun is on order..I tried using the propane torch. A little overkill but it wasn't bad. I am trying to get the heat just right and I had a hard time trying to keep my solder out of...

You are indeed the man.
Just ordered one!!!!
Thank you

My students are doing an art metal design project using 12 gauge copper wire which needs to be soldered together. Will a soldering iron get the solder/flux hot enough, or will I have to go with a...

One of my high schoolers helped me using Rhino 3.0
After the petal outline was bitmapped. We did a patch command (which I didn't even know existed...wonderful tool) and had enough control points in...

Yes. The recipe worked. My mold sucked, but the parrafin/PE concoction was a success. Both in the oven and with a propane torch.

I just need to increase my PE ratio to make the wax a little...

OK. I am at it again. Pulled out the stuff after months of gathering dust and I still can't get the damn PE to melt down with the Parrafin wax. I am just going to bring the setup home and try it...

I'm back. I was out of school for a leave of absence with my little girls..but now back in full force.

Those scraps are indeed tax-deductible. I have e-mailed you from my school account, so...

Excellent demos of what real machines do for the kiddies! Thanks

Thanks guys.....I think I am getting there... I just ran a one tool path engraving with my students of their names in wood. I put the depth as absolute and made depth cuts into the wood.

If I...

Why is it when you choose the depth of your engraving you have the option to choose absolute or incremental depth when REGARDLESS of what you choose, you can always mark the option on the same page...

excellent leaf curve. I tried to do the same thing and bitmaped and extruded my poppy successfully. I tried to use the cageedit command using version Rhino 3.0 and I could not find it in the list...

I am trying to make a 3D Rhino model of a poppy leaf. I have a bitmap image of the top, but not the side, and obviously I am trying to make a curved leaf so I cannot do an extrude straight because I...

Has anyone tried to either mill 2D or 3D puzzles? I just got grant funding for materials to make puzzles!!! Hints and suggestions? Anyone want to try one with me for fun and giggles?

you guys scare me
I LOVE IT!!!!
crayons... It would make a great experiment to try the crayons with varying levels of PE film to get a great consistency..but only after the machineable wax success...

I took a workshop in 9 over the summer and am JUST starting on 10, but the resources aren't helping me much.

How do you view the boundaries of your stock and set the midpoint line like it...

Each clip seems to be about 1-2 minutes. I have already shown one on roational molding.

http://www.me.gatech.edu/jonathan.colton/me4210/mfgvideos.html

I am doing the rubber duck tutorial and do not see the purpose of the set point command. I was able to get all points to transform to the same Z without it. When would you use this command?

anyone building any machines? I would like to build one at home and make my own aluminum casts for them. Applications for rotational molding any one has? Check out my old school machine and small...

The files are great, thank you!!!!

What types of material are you milling (or lasering) your ornaments out of:
wood, acrylic? What else?

I might just do this for giggles if I could figure out where the heating elements was. I see a timer, vacuum pump, light, switch for vacuum, and fuse box, but that is all without disecting.


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I have no specs on my heating element...too old..

I do have a rotational molder and I can make little skulls out of aluminum mold that I purchased from Iasco-Tesco. With a 275 heat, I wonder what...

I can get a 4' X 8' X .02" sheet of PS for $17 from IASCO-tesco.com, my industrial arts supplier

I am at school and just took pictures of my machine to hopefully post this evening. It is a small powerlab vacuum former 1012. I opened it up, I have the power requirements for the vacuum pump, but...

I want to radioshack it, any suggestions? Resources?

I will try to look at the site to see if I can have some of my students try to build this Thurson James's design of an oven. In case I can't find it, the next time you are on, can you provide a link...