the queston is....

[gary dunn]

do you make a part out of a piece of material or is the part already in there and you just have to

remove the excess ?

[cadcam]

Part is all ready there.

JM2C

Ps I like this one.

[Scott Bond]

Hi

For cnc part out of a solid, I agree with jay --"part is already there"

I have also made a few things that may not fit the other option

and some parts fit neither----

Weldment -- a part out of pieces of material welded together.

Solid modeling --- solidify liquid polymers one .003 layer at a time.

Castings are poured.

Forgings are swedged formed,(smashed)"WELL FORGED"

100% cladded part ---thin layers of weld that eventually form the shape of a part.(A part made out of total weld)

Molded thermal plastic parts

Powdered medal

Tube bending

vacuform

And the list goes on------

In this economy I have narrowed it down for myself to one simple category

""ANYTHING THE CUSTOMER HAS A CHECK FOR ""

This was fun

[ 01-22-2002: Message edited by: Scott Bond ]

[gary dunn]

my o pinion, it's already there. i just would like to see what everyone else has to say.

[bryan314]

DAMMIT IT KNEW IT. The next time a part comes out wrong I'll tell my boss it wasn't my toolpaths it was that the part in the steel was wrong.

Bryan

[Zero]

"It's not my fault it was the prt inside the block"

 

I'm going to have to remember that one.

[Zero]

Here's the missing a.

[P_Scott]

This is like the age old question "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?". That also reminds me of a quick sick joke. A chicken and an egg rent a room in a hotel. Two minutes later the egg lights a cigarette and says "Well that answers that". That was courtesy of Maxim magazine from sometime recently. I like the "part already in" theory though. I'll have to ask that of my students. "It wasn't me! The part just didn't want to come out".

[Paul Nelson]

quote:

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you just have to

remove the excess ?

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You do? All I have to do is "push a button" to make the part come out! hehehe

[JAMMAN]

Reading this thread brings to mind:

What if you spelled dog C A T.

(Revenge of the nerds reference)

[gary dunn]

yea but, cat is spelled DOG-FOOD