Originally Posted by
justCNCit
I'd like to get into CAD/CAM area of machining whether or industrial or whatever, right now.
Initially I entered college with extensive CAD and computer experience far beyond your average machinist, but of course was at only an average level as far as basic machining went.
Was never really interested in machining on its own but here we are(in college taking machining). I've sort of been interested more in doing custom one off jobs, by getting self employed with either a CNC router or retro'd mill.
So after work experience I was pretty bummed out. . ended up doing CNC production work. I'm not going to lie, I hated it (probably because of the guy I had to work with) and at the same time I don't see a future in production machining.
What do I need to do to get a job doing CAD/CAM and stuff like custom castings? Even if I have to do a bit of CNC production I suppose it wouldn't be that bad.
I can whip up a solid model in no time.
I'm with cadcam. No matter how 'far beyond' an average machinist you think you might be, it will do you NO good if you don't spend at least a couple years as a machinist.
Matt
San Diego, Ca
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