[jemmyell]

Hi, I am James Leonard. I have been casually involved in CNC for years, but my shop is currently offline until a complete rebuild is done. I was working in my patio but the dust from mother of pearl and recon stone became so bad I couldn't open the window to the master bedroom!

So, as a part of remodeling my house I remodeled my main shop (some call it a garage) put in a computer floor (power and dust collection can go underneath) and I'm now making dust collection enclosures for my small CNC routers. I do CNC Inlay for Fine Woodworking / Musical Instruments.

[Joe2Lmaker]

As a moldmaker, I tried very hard to learn everything I could about Unigraphics CAD/CAM and Makino mills.
After ten years working with injection molds, I took a job in the medical device industry. The new job started me out on a new learning curve and I worked very hard to learn Pro/E and SURFCAM. In addition to that, I took advantage of our company's tuition reimbursement and went back to school at UW-Stout.
As a devout masochist, I accepted a better position with a different division in our company and again found myself on a new learning curve. This time I needed to learn Mastercam, Haas controllers, Charmilles (sinker and wire) controllers, and a Hermle control.
After a year, I'm beginning to feel like I'm finally getting into my comfort zone, but now I've finished my B.S. degree and have begun to interview for a new position which will hopefully build on my degree and work experience.

Now, what are my hobbies? I enjoy motorcycling. I love to ride my Yamaha FJR. I have figured out a way to make my favorite past time a chore. I've made a few motorcycle parts and spend more time working on parts for the bike than I spend riding the bike. My excuse is that it gives me something to do during the long Minnesota winters, but spring will soon be here and I really need a break.

Thanks,
-Joe

[Jynxd1]

Finally found it!! the intro forum! woo hooo! Hi everyone, My name is John, been in the trade for a few years, currently in the market for a "garage sized" cnc mill, and maybe some insight from some local guys in the K.C. MO area on affordable cad/ cam software that is user friendly, its been awhile since I have had the pleasure of running CNC equipment, and I am looking forward to it again.

[R.O.M.O.A.S]

hello everyone my name is Robert.
this is my first post and have been looking at this site for a wile. I decided to register do to all the handy info I have found and see allot of good help and people here and hope to be able to contribute to this forum as well.
a little about my self is that I am retired from the USMC and disabled I am self employed do what I can my hobbies are electronics,machining,welding,designing things main machine experience is with manual machines but hitting the books on CNC lately want to learn real bad have a degree in electronics welding certified.got allot of common sense don gov contracting as well. now I am registered I can see more of the forum and hope to get to know more of other people in here as well. located in wash state.
enough of me so hello all.....

[littlerobb]

My name is Robert, I am a professional machinist. I think the reason this site gets so much attention from the Hobbiest community and not enough from the professional community is that Hobbiests really love and enjoy what they do and (my opinion) the Professionals are tired and frustrated. Not to say that we dont have anything to learn, or that we dont enjoy our work. Maybe that when we get home from work the first thing on our minds is not get online and hang out with other machinists, lol, one to be talking right. Any way just my thoughts
Robert

[littlerobb]

Hey Im a different person than that Robert nothing personal Bob

[MrFluffy]

Ah so this is the elusive introductions "forum"!

Hello Im a expat brit living in central france, machines are one of my hobbies rather than anything too serious.
I have a few motorcycles I like to make parts for, a Bimota yb8, three gpz turbo's (one factory, one in a spaceframe chassis, and one with fireblade running gear and gsxr forks, Im a mod at 750turbo.com too), a gs750 with a supercharger and turbo on it, xt500 supermoto project, sp370 thumper, xl125 trail bike. Building a car from scratch too with a midmounted v8 and grp nova/sterling shell. Plus various other bits n bobs on vehicles.
Have a fair workshop with manual lathe (harrison L5a) and mill (Arno universal with powered knee), tig etc. Just started to seriously look at cnc, and throwing myself in at the deep end converting a old S2F production turret lathe to cnc controls with ballscrews and things as a learning exercise. If all goes well, Id like to do a mill afterwards.
By day for a living I do unix consulting, so computer side of things is kind of familiar to me. And I am a radio ham, so quite used to soldering irons and stuff too...
So hello!

[WhichDawg]

Hello all My first post (like others have said, not easy to find this section) and I hope to meet/talk to many of you; cheers and peace to you all...

[wschoenbeck]

Yes, this is a difficult thread to find. I don't have any CNC equipment as yet. My home shop is all manual. But I'm always interested in finding new sources of machining information and CNC is facinating to me. I do have access to a Track mill with CNC at work but so far have only used the DRO features. I work in the comunications field in RF and microwaves and use the mill at work to make and modify fixture to support testing I do in the lab. At home I have a SB9A lathe, Clausing 8520 mill and a Rotex horizontal mill under refurbishment.

Bill

[JROM]

Hi there,
OK a little about myself.
Served a tool and die apprenticeship, finished in 1980, built stamping dies.
A few years after that my ball and chain left and I went off to have some fun!
I took my skill set and went to work for a guy building Cosworth Race motors for Indy cars. Did that for 3 or four years and then got hooked up with Dan Gurneys outfit
All American Racers. (google it up). Worked there for 14 years building some real nice stuff! We won two national championships while I was there. Got my first CNC mill in 1985 and my first CAD/CAM system shortly after. That was the Gibbs system. People would stand around and watch the CNC mill run like it was magic! I have run Gibbs, UG, Catia, and Now use Mastercam. "They don't call me wagon wheels for nothing!
I'm now working in a small two man shop building medical prototype equipment.
(No one around here is building race cars anymore or I'd be there in a flash!)
Just puttin in my time now waiting to go fishing. Anybody out there want to build race cars?

[JROM]

Lets hook up!
I've been there done that a lot! Just the kind of stuff your trying to figure out
be talking to you.
[email protected]

[crakdOS]

Hello, Im an electrical engineering student. I have been lurking here for a long time and I am finally ready to build my first machine. I plan to start a thread of my build log in a week or so. Thank you all for all the great info.

[jfmonod]

Hi there,

Been lurking in the shadows for a while, like everyone else it seems.

I'm in the process of getting my architecture degree (slowly), and CNC is becoming a real interest that I would like to integrate in the design flow.
I have been looking at a variety of router designs for fine cutout work in basswood for architectural models but my main quest is for a tangential cutter / pen plotter combo which can handle museumboard. The vinyl cutter on steroids !

Onwards to shred the learning curve !. Of course any tips of pointers would be much appreciated

Later

JFM

[Beginagain@60]

Hello:
I have retired, after 40 years. A friend showed me his CNC machines. (I will get even with him if I live long enough). After seeing the others members backgrounds I think I will just lurk and learn for a while.

[iforeman]

Hiya

I have been here a wile just reading and trying to digest all that is going on.

I have decided to plunge in and build a gantry style cnc machine. That was the easy part, now working through everything has made me realize how much I don't know.

So now I am on the learning drive.

Is there anybody else in Ireland who is in the same position. Maybe we can get together and compare notes etc.

Thanks

Ian

[luvz2cnc]

I must say I love boards like this, you can learn so much from so many.Thanks for letting me in. back to the bisness at hand, does any one knoe how to unlock utility codes for the centroid controls: M-15 version 1.21, and m-400s.

[BBBBill]

Well, I kept looking for the Introductions Forum per the message I get everytime I log in. Google got me here.
Some of you might recognise my user name from some other forums.
I'm a hobby machinist/gunsmith. I've been inactive other than posting on a few forums for quite a while due to being mobilized in the Army for the last 5 years. No end in sight, but I may have a bit more time for this now. An old family friend (who I lost track of when I was about 6 years old and got reaquainted with 30+ years later) taught me the basics of lathe and mill work. Sadly, he passed while I was deployed to A'stan in '04. No time or opportunity to find another mentor since then. My current assignment appears to be such that I will be able to set up my recently acquired M head Bridgeport along with a 9" SB lathe that I've had for some time.
Looking to pick the brains of knowledgeable folk to improve my skills with this stuff. This looks like the place to do that. Glad to be here.

[jessccsm]

Hello from Mid. Mo.

I'm one of those Old Codgers .. started in woodworking in 1957, now retired
but I'm not so old that I can't adjust to this computer era.

I've got 10 kids and about 20 grand & great grand kids so I need to get hold of the times .. I intend to build or purchase a CNC router and CNC plasma for my shop at Lake Ozarks.

At this point I have "0" knowledge in this field but I do have a couple of savy sons and we are looking forward to garnering all the advice, knowledge, and tips/tricks from y'all, and at some point being able to add a little input myself.

Jess in Mid. Mo.

[shortcut]

hi all.......me been snooping around.....love learning about cnc but never been exposed to any practical experience (except watching in workshops). Blokes must think I'm nuts as I can stare and absorb for hours .....even the most mundane things to them.....love machinery....its a late passion in life....would love my own machine(cnc mill) but have promised myself will get to know more first....besides cant afford one. Greetings to all from South Africa....Port Elizabeth....lotsa sun....good weather....never seen snow in my life.....great seafood....have a small "backyard" injection "factory"....2 machines at the back of the house,.....always tell everyone that I walk to work and back home every day.... need to learn toolmaking....havent done to badly manually, but need to expand the business to make it worth it.
Want to eventually specialise in making closure injection moulds....and small injection moulds.....
love reading all the comments....very educational
So much to learn....the blokes with experience and teaching ability....you are very fortunate....wanna be like some of you one day.....so off I go to read more and more and....

[PHAT Prints]

Hello everybody... I am new to the vinyl cutting business but a long time graphic artist and currently doing large format printing also. It looks that tomorrow my new Camm 1 pro will be arriving and am really looking forward to get started in vinyl cutting as another part of my business.

Any helpful tip would greatly be appreciated.

Thnx