Hello everyone..my name is Charlie Luna...I live in Elwood, Indiana and I have been attending college full time to receive my Associate's Degree in CNC programming. I have been unemployed since November 2007 due to the downturn of the economy and I will be looking to contract out my services when I get closer to graduating.
My relevant classes are as follows: CNC programming 1 (coding by hand using G and M codes), CNC programming 2 (using GibbsCam Solidsurfacer), Advanced Programming Techniques (using GibbsCAM once again), Advanced Problem Solving and Teamwork, CAD/CAM 1 (using MasterCAM 13), Metallurgy, Basic Electricity, Materials and Processes, Intro to Machining, Turning and Milling Processes, Physics, College level algebra and geometry and Trigonometry (actually comes in handy), print reading, intro to government and politics, workplace safety, computer fundamentals.
As you can see, I am well versed. I do have a full working copy of Mastercam 13 courtesy of my school. I mainly do 2D work with it but I can do some 3D geometry (still working on that). I can take just about any print you have and convert it into a working program with optimized toolpaths for your machine.
The machines I have experience with are Okuma lathes, Full size haas machining center, mini haas milling center, hurco mills, bridgeport hand powered mills, and willis hand powered lathes. I do have 3 months of solid hands on experience with the okuma lathes since that was my job a few years ago.
I can open just about any file format in mastercam 13 including DWG, Solidworks, and past versions of mastercam. I will have to look into the other file formats to ease your mind into what i can accept.
My tentative pay rate will be $20 per hour. This is the first time I have done this so I will have to iron out any bugs when I start doing this. But I would like to get more into this the closer I get to graduating. I am choosing this as a possible full time job since I know the job market for my area of study is not in high demand but I want to offer a service where companies who can't afford the software or even hire a full time person to do it at their facility, I can at least do it from home.
other things i offer is a vast knowledge of computers and green energy sources and practices. i have been around computers since i was 9. i'm 35 now. so yeah, i know a thing or two.
tentative requirements for submission: these can either be email or hard copy. i can take both. i will look over what you send and give a rough estimate to the turn around. i will send you a non-disclosure document signed by me in order for you to feel confident that i will not give out your products to competition. industrial espionage and reverse engineering is not my forte.
if you have any questions, please feel free to comment on this thread or send my an email: [email protected]. thanks and have a great day or night!! i look forward to working with you.
i just remembered: tools and measuring devices!! digital calipers, vernier calipers, dial calipers, digital micrometers, vernier micrometers, tape measure, files, surface grinders, band saws, straightedges, dial indicators, edge finders. and the list goes on. i am confident in my use of these tools as well so i can take an actual part and take measurements to make prints and ultimately a program for your cnc machine.