Hi All, I lost all of my e-mail info on building a home based injection molding machine when my computer crashed. If somebody could help me locate plans for...
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Mike Bauers
mwbauers@...
Aug 2, 2000 6:57 pm
Here's something I stumbled upon quite a while ago....... At the time they were looking for backers. Now they are a production item. ...
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Steve Greenfield
polymorph@...
Aug 2, 2000 8:55 pm
It sounds like most of what you get with this is contained in Canoma. I can set 3D objects on my HP 4c right now and scan them in, I'll bet I could make a hood...
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Ben Richie
brichie@...
Aug 3, 2000 2:06 am
I am quite familiar with Solidworks. Started using it right after it came out. What type of information are you wanting to know? ... From: Fred Voelcker...
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millerdl@...
Aug 3, 2000 4:27 pm
I've tried using a few different drafting programs to do both schematics and board layout. They all work, but as usual, a specialized program can be much...
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Fred Voelcker
fred1945@...
Aug 3, 2000 9:59 pm
Many thanks for the Eagle info. I'll have to download it and take a look at it this coming weekend. Cheers! Phread ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Steven Haworth
sjh@...
Aug 4, 2000 7:54 pm
Apologies for the cross posting... For those model railroaders who did or are using Keller's old OnBoard system, there is a new EGROUPS list forming to discuss...
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TPrice1169@...
Aug 10, 2000 11:45 pm
To anyone interested in generating their own art work for brass etching - I've come across a company called AutoType America (Schaumburg, Ill (800) 323-0632)....
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Randy Gordon-Gilmore
zephyrus@...
Aug 11, 2000 12:18 am
... Yes, read about NewsCraft LGN at http://www.systemfacilities.com/usinglgn.htm It is a laser-printer paper that is translucent to UV light, and takes toner...
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Mike Bauers
mwbauers@...
Aug 11, 2000 6:35 am
... I still haven't tested it as I complete my first few master drawings. But have you tried this...... http://www.dynaart.com/C.Direct_Etch.html I'm trying it...
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Anne Ogborn
anniepoo@...
Aug 13, 2000 6:05 pm
... Phread - Don't try to lay out a PCB with autocad - you'll wish you hadn't Instead download the free version of Eagle. Not only is it far easier to do this...
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Anne Ogborn
anniepoo@...
Aug 13, 2000 6:09 pm
... Their website (left out of first message) http://www.cadsoft.de/...
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Anne Ogborn
anniepoo@...
Aug 13, 2000 6:24 pm
Uh, this doesn't look like a 3D scanner, it looks like a gizmo to convert your 2D scanner to a digital camera like thing. I don't have a digital camera -...
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Fred Voelcker
fred1945@...
Aug 13, 2000 7:42 pm
Thanks Annie. I know better, but my employer doesn't!! Phread ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Mike Bauers
mwbauers@...
Aug 13, 2000 11:58 pm
... Agreed..... But look at the resolution improvement over the average digital camera while that 3d software they have makes it into a 3d scanner that can...
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Keith Walker
keithwwalker@...
Aug 14, 2000 2:56 pm
The software sounds like a glorified raster to vector conversion package.
There are a lot of add on packages out there for the GIS computer drafting
market...
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Anne Ogborn
anniepoo@...
Aug 25, 2000 3:18 pm
something I didn't think of at the time, but... One of the standard robotic vision techniques is the line camera. Basicly, in a dark hood a laser is pointed...
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Anne Ogborn
anniepoo@...
Aug 25, 2000 5:01 pm
Well, I've taken the plunge. I've got a modela on order. Should be here tuesday. Annie...
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TPrice1169@...
Aug 25, 2000 5:40 pm
Annie, Hi ! I've had my about what, 9 mos now. May I be so presumptuous as to assume that you have little experience with CNC mills ?? I didn't when I got my...
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Mike Bauers
mwbauers@...
Aug 26, 2000 4:40 am
... Annie, I almost sent a message a few hours ago, before I went to work. Before you open that box..... look here and consider. This is what I'm getting into...
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Mike Bauers
mwbauers@...
Aug 26, 2000 4:57 am
... I'm suspecting it works much like a high resolution Canoma and is very dependent upon detailed texture mapping on top of underlying simple shapes. I'd...
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Stephen Barmash
gearsnshafts@...
Aug 26, 2000 5:17 am
Hello Mike, I've been very curious about these Manx products since I thought the Modela was very limited in capacity, accuracy, repeatability and rigidity. So...
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Mike Bauers
mwbauers@...
Aug 26, 2000 7:20 am
... Here's the site to scope.... http://www.maxnc.com/ If you get the lower power MaxNC 10 for $1295 and the scan attachment for $250, you're coming in well...
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Stuart Mitchell
auzze@...
Aug 26, 2000 11:40 am
... Why did you choce this make of mill and not the SHEERLINE range of mills ??? Stuart Mitchell...
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Anne Ogborn
anniepoo@...
Aug 26, 2000 4:09 pm
wow, thanks for all the tips! ... I sort of do and sort of don't - I've done a small amount of hand machining. I was a physics major, and making experimental...
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Anne Ogborn
anniepoo@...
Aug 26, 2000 4:17 pm
Basicly, I thought the Modela was far more likely to produce usable output "out of the box" than any of the more conventional small milling machine solutions...
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TPrice1169@...
Aug 26, 2000 10:46 pm
Mike, Hi its me Tony ! I looked at Maxnc too, but I'm leaning more toward Tag ... there are at http://www.taigtools.com/ What I liked about them is the...
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TPrice1169@...
Aug 26, 2000 11:45 pm
Hi Annie ! If you don't mind here some additional comments - clarifications to my last post... "Actually, It'd make more sense to include the dams, runners,...
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Anne Ogborn
anniepoo@...
Aug 27, 2000 3:29 am
thanks for keeping this thread up, Tony. Hope others aren't bored with beginner questions. Kermit Paul's clinic recommended using double faced foam tape to ...
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Mike Bauers
mwbauers@...
Aug 27, 2000 5:10 am
... Agreed...... Look over the urls below and see what you think of the M and G codes on the maxnc page and look over the descriptions of how the features on...
