Re: Digest Number 1

In a message dated 5/5/99 6:55:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
cbrumbelow@... writes:

>
> Now a NAMES question: Was MAXNC -- a Home Shop Machinest advertiser
> http://www.maxnc.com/ -- there? I have written with the SASE and
> received no response. Thought it might be all were at NAMES . . .
>

I do not recall seeing them there, and they were not listed in the venders
list in the guidebook.
Bill
alb.
NM

[Um, could someone start from the beginning and tell us what NAMES is or
was? Was that a machine show? I happen to be a discount online distributor
for MAXNC, and unlike them I do respond to e-mail, so if you have a
question, or wish to order something they make, let me know. I can get you
any of their products, including their new larger MAXNC-15 mill, for 5% off
their list prices.

Since this is my first posting to this list, perhaps I should introduce
myself. My name is Andrew Werby, and I'm a sculptor who has become
fascinated by the possibilities opening up due to the CAD revolution.
Suddenly things that only people working for Fortune 500 companies could do
5 years ago are possible, and even affordable, for small businesses,
artists, and hobbyists. I've been trying out various solutions for the past
few years, and recently decided to start a business based on the tools I'd
used that worked well for me, were cost-effective, and which I could manage
to sell cheaper than anyone else.

So I'm offering several products through my online storefront at
http://www.computersculpture.com : Rhino 3d, a powerful NURBS-based modeler
for the Windows platform, which is capable of importing 3d scans, supports
inexpensive 3d digitizing arms, is accurate and easy to use, and is also
one of the least expensive 3d modeling programs available (especially at my
discount price.) Once one makes a model in Rhino, it is exported to another
program called DeskProto, which automatically writes a toolpath based on
its geometry, which in turn is fed into the MAXNC milling machine, which
turns it into an actual part. For people looking for a heavier-duty
machine, I've recently added the CNC Junior, a mill-drill converted to work
on g-code, to my discount offerings.

So far, all I've got is a MAXNC-10 for output myself, but I've got one
of the larger and more powerful MAXNC-15 machines on order- it should
arrive in a week or so. I've also got an older 1hp Bridgeport mill with a
DRO and power feed on one axis, but I've talked myself out of trying to
convert it to CNC, (in spite of Jon Elson's encouragement to the contrary.
) While I'm very interested in CAD, CAM, and the various strategies used
to produce parts from computer files, my technical knowledge on these
subjects is not very deep- I'm hoping to use this list as one way of making
up for my deficiencies on that score. If anybody has questions about any of
the products I represent online, if I don't know the answer myself I will
make every effort to find it out.]

Andrew Werby

Andrew Werby - United Artworks
Sculpture, Jewelry, and Other Art Stuff
http://unitedartworks.com