anyone use this site?
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 7,186
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From: detroit area
anyone use this site?
www.emachineshop.com
i was gonna try them out for a few products and was curious if anyone used them...... i downloaded their software and might take me a day to figure it out....... they have alot of machining techniques available..... i wonder if they are i the states also?
b
i was gonna try them out for a few products and was curious if anyone used them...... i downloaded their software and might take me a day to figure it out....... they have alot of machining techniques available..... i wonder if they are i the states also?
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 1999
Posts: 1,047
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From: Arlington Texas
I read about them in Wired. The author really liked them, but he noticed that what he designed (an electric guitar, as I recall) had some size issues when he got it. eMachine had made it to his specs, but his specs were a bit off. Having just returned from round two at a local machine shop (and I'll probably have to go back again this week) I am noticing that some stuff doesn't work right until it goes thru a few design changes.
If you know exactly what you need, it'd probably great. But it would get a little expensive if you got your part back and it turned out it needed to be 1/8" bigger!
Just my .02
Scott
If you know exactly what you need, it'd probably great. But it would get a little expensive if you got your part back and it turned out it needed to be 1/8" bigger!
Just my .02
Scott
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 7,186
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From: detroit area
i'm looking at it more for my modeling business/key changes/etc...... more for quantity........
too bad you can't import a cad model or other type of modelling into it.....
i like the castin option they have.... i have a few items that i might have to test out to see if i make more it..... just curious on how they cast them as in 1/2/3 part molds/etc.........
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too bad you can't import a cad model or other type of modelling into it.....
i like the castin option they have.... i have a few items that i might have to test out to see if i make more it..... just curious on how they cast them as in 1/2/3 part molds/etc.........
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Drifting
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Spring Texas
I have got the software on my PC, but I have had difficulty getting the design functions to work. I'm no engineer, but I know drafting principles, etc. The help functions don't. I'm willing to learn, but there isn't anything here to teach.
