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cnc wax model I, too, am a bit of a cad junkie.
Rick Crawford -
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 5:43am
I, too, am a bit of a cad junkie. What is IDEAS that you refer to? I use AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and a few knock offs of these. This caught my eye immediately and I thought 'How did he do that?' but then I figured who cares how, it looks really cool. My guess is a cnc mill, but I have been wrong many times. SmokyRick » reply  IDEAS answer
visitor -
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 5:57pm
Rick, This artmetal website is totally addictive. I haven't used CAD much for artwork. I would like to dedicate more time to it vs. just teaching mechanical stuff. I can "print" parts out in ABS plastic. It's good for prototypes, but that's about it. » reply  www.alternativejewelryshop.bl
cadjunkie -
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 12:14pm
www.alternativejewelryshop.blogspot.com We use Atcam Jewelsmith and have a cnc milling machine. Thanks for commenting on our work. Cheers. » reply  I really like your wax
eligius1427 -
Friday, November 7, 2008 - 5:53pm
I really like your wax models, very organic. I use 2D cad as of yet, but am hoping to get Rhino or some other 3D CAD program in the near future. Do you have a website of your CAD models? I'd love to see more picts of them. Jake Jake Balcom » reply Think I just found your
eligius1427 -
Friday, November 7, 2008 - 5:57pm
Think I just found your website from the post above, but only saw a couple of picts of wax jewelry models, do you have any more? The work is superb, by the way. Jake Balcom » reply Hi Jake, thanks. Please
cadjunkie -
Friday, November 7, 2008 - 8:31pm
Hi Jake, thanks. Our blog contains quite a few wax models, this is all we have available at this time. Regards. » reply CAD junkie: lorrie
visitor -
Sunday, November 9, 2008 - 6:47pm
what's your opinion of INVENTOR? charley » reply www.alternativejewelryshop.bl
cadjunkie -
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 6:09pm
www.alternativejewelryshop.blogspot.com Hi Charley, I am not familiar with INVENTOR at all, sorry. We use Artcam jewelsmith for all of our CAD work and mill all of our 3d creations on a Modelmaster CNC 1000 4 axis milling machine. www.artcam.com www.modelmaster.com Cheers, Danny. » reply Inventor
Rick Crawford -
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 7:36am
I used Inventor for most of a year. I found it easy to learn and the web forums extremely helpful. You can find a forum with help from the AutoDesk folks (They answer questions that others can't figure out or what ever.) After that I went to a job where I am using SolidWorks instead and find it not at all so intuitive. In my opinion, the Inventor is a much superior product. SmokyRick » reply First off love the piece, I
visitor -
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 11:35pm
First off love the piece, I cant say I have ever tried to print or machine a piece of art yet though. » reply |
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Wax Model
Hey CAD junkie, I'm a CAD junkie myself. I've been a mechanical designer for a million years and love art. Sometimes the two don't mix, and sometimes they do. I teach CAD full time at a high school and also at night.
I don't have a CNC machine, but I do have a 3D printer (sla). I might be able to print out some of your designs if you can get me a file that is compatible. Not sure if you need it. I like the color and the design-nice job!
What software do you use? I use Solidworks and IDEAS.
Keep posting-Lorrie