Thinking about purchasing Visual Mill 6.0 anyone using it? Right now I am using Mach 3 wizards, lazycam and freemill to complete some of my artwork needs.
New Fab-Lab teacher here, for doing Concept to finished part, (CAD-CAM-CNC). My company designs and builds custom CNC and Industrial Machines, plus factory automation. For Fab-Lab we use Machine-able Wax for proof of concept or prototyping.
I use Rhino CAD, OneCNC CAM (mill to 5 axis, Lathe, and Wire), and Mach3 CNC ( I teach Mach3 classes and do SI work for ArtSoft as well).
Using Rhino, grasshopper to vectric's aspire or Delcam's featurecam, then to WinCNC and our router. Seems like a lot of steps but it sure works for us. We have coupled this in- house fabrication with a digital measuring device called a Pro-Liner. Pretty effective. IMHO
Here are a couple of photos of a handrail that we built in Seattle Wa. Our facility is located in Idaho about 12 hours drive away from Seattle. The contractor had the stairs built by others, I flew to Seattle and gathered digital measurements with the proliner. Approximately 4 hours on-site and a couple of hours reviewing those measurements on the lap top. Back to Idaho where we fabricated all of the pieces. One trip to Seattle to install. The digital fabrication evolution really is quite a leap forward in my opinion.
Last one. The handrail was continuous from the basement, up 2 flights of circular stairs and continued as a guardrail on the second floor. Every transition was accomplished with miters. This is just one example of using that combination of digital fabrication devices.
New to FABLAB, but very intrigued. Looking to learn more about Rhino and Grasshopper. Been using Rhino and Rhinocam for about 3yrs. and have no experience with Grasshopper. I have a small business with Muticam CNC Router and love what I do.
Bill Millmine
Thinking about purchasing Visual Mill 6.0 anyone using it? Right now I am using Mach 3 wizards, lazycam and freemill to complete some of my artwork needs.
Jan 3, 2011
Andres Gonzalez
Jan 3, 2011
Bill Millmine
I am just cutting foam at this point but want something for milling hardwood and aluminum soon.
Jan 3, 2011
Scott Shafer
Greetings,
New Fab-Lab teacher here, for doing Concept to finished part, (CAD-CAM-CNC). My company designs and builds custom CNC and Industrial Machines, plus factory automation. For Fab-Lab we use Machine-able Wax for proof of concept or prototyping.
I use Rhino CAD, OneCNC CAM (mill to 5 axis, Lathe, and Wire), and Mach3 CNC ( I teach Mach3 classes and do SI work for ArtSoft as well).
www.FusionCNC.com
thanks to Andres for being kind enough, to show me the benefits of the Fab-Lab program!!
Scott
Feb 8, 2011
juan galvan
Apr 26, 2011
Bill Amaya
Using Rhino, grasshopper to vectric's aspire or Delcam's featurecam, then to WinCNC and our router. Seems like a lot of steps but it sure works for us. We have coupled this in- house fabrication with a digital measuring device called a Pro-Liner. Pretty effective. IMHO
All the best
bill amaya
Apr 26, 2011
RhinoFabLab
Bill, can you post some photos on how you use the Pro-Liner too?
Thanks
Andres
Apr 26, 2011
Bill Amaya
Andres,
Here are a couple of photos of a handrail that we built in Seattle Wa. Our facility is located in Idaho about 12 hours drive away from Seattle. The contractor had the stairs built by others, I flew to Seattle and gathered digital measurements with the proliner. Approximately 4 hours on-site and a couple of hours reviewing those measurements on the lap top. Back to Idaho where we fabricated all of the pieces. One trip to Seattle to install. The digital fabrication evolution really is quite a leap forward in my opinion.
All the Best
Bill
Apr 26, 2011
Bill Amaya
Apr 26, 2011
Bill Amaya
Last one. The handrail was continuous from the basement, up 2 flights of circular stairs and continued as a guardrail on the second floor. Every transition was accomplished with miters. This is just one example of using that combination of digital fabrication devices.
Best regards,
'Bill
Apr 26, 2011
RhinoFabLab
Apr 26, 2011
Bill Amaya
Yes you can post these photos.
Best regards,
Bill Amaya
Apr 26, 2011
Bill Amaya
ouch.. I meant to say that is was all accomplished WITHOUT miters. Completely changes the meaning, my bad, sorry.
Bill Amaya
Apr 28, 2011
RhinoFabLab
Apr 28, 2011
Stephen T. Sebastian Jr.
Oct 10, 2011