Re: Mill Opinions & CNC simulators

WHOA there, Yahoo...

I'd guess your homework hasn't been completed, based on your stated
conclusions...

Sherlines, MaxNC's, Taigs' and others are cutting a whole lot more
than wax! Steel, titanium, cast iron, aluminum... All day long, in
some cases. Day after day, in some cases.

And there are SCADS of machines between these and 20K bucks! And
"used" has nothing to do with 'em...

Time to take the blinders off :-)

Hope this helps.

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., yahoo@s... wrote:
> Thanks for the pointer to the $45 program - I will take a look at
it
> soon.
>
> Good points on why someone would spend that much - I guess I was
> looking with blinders on - I am new to CAM - all I want to do is
draw
> in autocad and see how it's going to cut - initial learning of CNC,
> if you will, before I have a machine. For that I can not see paying
> more than $100 - I suspect there are plenty of people who also
would
> appreciate such a learning tool for free?.
>
> To be honest though - 2 months of homework has me depressed enough
to
> forget about a mill. There are the sherlines that cut wax, and the
> CNC'd bridgeports that cost $20,000+ - apparently there is nothing
in
> between except 'used'. I don't buy used.