Ede's 12v90

I was looking at your pictures you have on the web and saw a computer controlled mill. I'm studying mechanical engineering at Oregon State. Do you own that mill? What CAD are you using? Is that how you make most of your parts? I was just curious. Thanks.

VAP

And I'm only doing the simplest of geometric CNC work in CNC mode right now. Its all too new to me and for now I'm quicker and more confident just using the mill the way I always have on many mills that preceeded this one... by hand.

To-date only one aspect of the new recovery sleeves were made on the new mill. Everything on my pic-poster was machined manually with nothing more than a DRO (digital read-out) which is VERY comfortable to me. Kinda like playing pool... I've put a LOT of quarters on the manual mill/lathe table in my day.

Ede's 12v90

The old fasion way is always the best. It's not too expensive if you get the student version of ProEngineer. It's a pain in the *** to learn though.

Illusive90S

Much more like AutoCAD. I'm going to school to become an ME too. I've taken a couple classes on manufacturing and I'm getting pretty familiar with the codes for milling. It's actually not too bad once you get the hang of it.