21xdc Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Just think what us tackle guys could do with this machine. http://widgets.nbc.com/o/47f1317f105123ad/498ebd00a62edaa0/47fe70d4555df05a/9e46bd46/-cpid/ba4377d3bfd6c81 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Yes that is pretty amazing. We have a machine at work that takes 3D assemblies of either castings, machined or sheet metal parts or any 3d object, and it tells you all the dimensions,degrees, helixes and tangencies of the entire part. Then it will recreate the part on cad, then you can machine it or fabricate it. However this is truly amazing where it takes the part for you and makes it out of plastic, so you can check fit and function before you spend a lot of money on machining time. Very cool. I'd like to have one of those at home. Maybe on this years X-mas wish list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 MY SECRET'S OUT!!!!!!! Man, that is one cool machine. My cross the street neighbor actually runs one of those for Ratheon. He's told me about it, but it's really cool to see it in action. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
