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Kburn, you can read all about the 320s and 340s at the Gecko website. There is plenty of info there. www.geckodrive.com

My machine is progressing to the point where I need to be learning about the servos and drivers. A friend gave me three Gecko drives, G320 DC Servodrives, so that is my starting point. Can anyone...

I've built lots of pottery kilns. The first was in mum's front yard using gas bottles and a pile of fire bricks at the ripe old age of 13. I tried lots of different configurations and sizes. It...

That sizzle sounds too good to miss. We'll be in town on the day and I hope we can make it by at least mid afternoon. The barby might be cool by then but it'll be good to meet some other 'zoners.

I saw a reference to Alibre in one of the newsletters and took a look at the website with one of my colleagues here at Box Hill TAFE. We teach Solid Edge and were interested to see that Alibre has...

The other day I went to the launch in Australia of version 16 of Solid Edge. Its been available for a few months but the distributor only just got aroung to having the launch. Where I work, we...

Good on you Trubleshtr! Keep telling us about your machine as you go. I wish I saw that before I started. My second machine will be like that only smaller.

Thanks Splint, thats what I like to see, a free hands on introduction. I'll sign up for that but how do you dial 1800 cadcam? Is it like the alpha keys on a mobile phone? BTW, do you know about...

Here's a link to register for a free demo CD of Solid Works. Its a long link so you might have to do a bit of cutting and pasting to get it into your browser on one line. I'm about to register and...

Version 16 is now available although we haven't got it yet here at Box Hill TAFE in Melbourne Australia. A new feature is frame construction which works in a similar way to XpressRoute, the piping...

Hi waughd

welcome from another newb! I'm in Melbourne and have made a slow start on a small engraving machine. Last week I visited the Automate show and was looking at all the expensive gear I...

Hi Garfield2

All the best for your PCB mill. The machine I'm making is going to have a dremel tool for a motor and fine cutters. I suspect that is the kind of thing for cutting PCB's?

I was...

This is my machine as of today. This is a Solid Edge assembly saved as a graphic. You can see the steel tube, the green stuff is MDF. Maybe someone can tell me how to take my assembly into the...

I hear SE v16 will have FEMAP, a finite element module because SW has Cosmos. Has anyone tried it out yet?

Thanks splint, its AutoCAD and Solid Edge. I have done a little bit of work with Unigraphics CAM too. Today I started a new Forum on Solid Edge. As I make my machine I'll post pics of the Solid...

Solid Edge is a mid range parametric CAD program very like Solid Works. So much so - you might ask why? Its because they share the same kernel.

There are twice as many Solid Works users than...

I'm a CAD teacher at Box Hill TAFE in Victoria, building a small machine slowly.

Arnold Rowntree

Good on ya Dogsione! Shellspen has a website and it looks like I'll find all I need to know there. I was starting to think it was a dark secret.

www.shellspen.com

I have come across the word...

I'll have a good look at Silo. There's a photo on their site of a well modelled relief.
Virtual Sculptor looks good but getting closer to ArtCAM when the price returns to normal.
Meshcam I'll have...

Over the last year I've had a good look at a Rhino evaluation copy and also ArtCAM 6. Obviously they are very different programs for different purposes but I notice from the Rhino website that...

Hmmm, 6061. Would that be an aluminium alloy? Do you mean that it shrinks on solidification? Nearly all clay formulations will shrink from wet to dry and again from dry to fired. Are you saying...

Castguy,

I'm a potter who wants to broaden out to metals. Can you give me some pointers for a ceramic slurry recipe? Lets say for wax models. It needs to be virtually no shrinkage, right? I...

Hot enought to sinter alumina too. Usually the refractories are exotic and expensive. I've been thinking about it for some time but I put it on the backburner. If it can be done cheap I'll be in...

A powder metal part needs to be sintered, no? It has to be sintered in a controlled atmosphere no less, yes? Lets talk about how to do that! What if I bled argon into my pottery kiln? The guys...

Another way, if all else fails, is to make an air release mould. Of course this does not compensate for undercuts or lack of draft. Also, a release agent is still necessary. Use canvas tube fixed...