Does anyone have the 3d geo for this

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The school here has two HAAS Toolroom Mills and two Toolroom Lathes and a boat load of manual machines and I'm pretty sure the HAAS machines were donated demo models. You might want to talk to HAAS and see if they would donate to your school

HTH

[MACHINING JIM]

Trevor was correct 3D content central had it and it's called the Turners Cube. I downloaded it Jay if you'd like it yet as a SW 2010 version or I can send it to ya as a cam file also. your choice =)

 

 

Could I have a MC copy as well. Looks like a fun project to show off to some friends.

 

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thanks!

[AshM]

It lays down a different type of material that is water soluble. After a little cure time just wash it with warm water

 

Well I had no idea. I can't help thinking that this technology sort of takes the mystery out of it... There are heaps of these sorts of 'geometric toys' which are only interesting becuase they are meant to test the imagination to make them, or for people to work out how they are made. I'm not really a romantic in this sense, and without doubt this is a cool thing to do, but I do think it somewhat detracts from the appeal if you can just hit CTRL+P...

 

Or then again I might just be having a cry for being outdone!!

[Jayson Kramer]

The school here has two HAAS Toolroom Mills and two Toolroom Lathes and a boat load of manual machines and I'm pretty sure the HAAS machines were donated demo models. You might want to talk to HAAS and see if they would donate to your school

HTH

Keith you are on to some thing. Our collage bought at a dicount 4 mini mills and we had a lathe. then Haas Donated a new VF3 with a HT160 5 axis trunnion and full probing. I am go to make a new class this year Mastercam 5 axis class with actul setup and cutting on the machine should be fun.

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Keith you are on to some thing. Our collage bought at a dicount 4 mini mills and we had a lathe. then Haas Donated a new VF3 with a HT160 5 axis trunnion and full probing. I am go to make a new class this year Mastercam 5 axis class with actul setup and cutting on the machine should be fun.

 

Thats gonna be sweet! Sure wished I still lived in Cali........well....sometimes

[Oscar R.]

I can't help thinking that this technology sort of takes the mystery out of it

 

AshM, no reason to feel bad about it.

This technology takes the mystery out of it just as much as when CNCs came on the seen and people didn't have to do hours and hours of hand cranking anymore.

BTW, the printers don't make a part as nice looking or precise as a CNC can and for the most part not in metals, but they are getting better at it. And the process isn't as easy as ctrl+p, although it's close.

 

More than likely Jay is going to use this in one of his classes as a demo to teach others the process. And there's a reason why these machines are being used in courses like the ones Jay teaches.

For a certain sector of the manufacturing industry "nano technology" is the wave of the future, and these printers are just the beginning.

[Brad St.]

Jim, you should have mail.

 

We have been working with Productivity up here in the twin cities and at our first face to face meeting I left totally disheartened. On the phone things were fully supported (as in they understood our financial position and had ideas) and they talked the talk about how important PLTW is.... we were only given the full blown pricing with the additional cost for rigging and tooling on top of it (50k+). I couldn't believe it but then again the market is hot. It was 180 degrees from what I was led to believe on the phone, if anything we're not expecting the freebies but maybe some kind of financial incentives or ideas to be able to go to the school board with to show the value of it all. I can only imagine your position Jay out there in Cali most likely helps just being in the same state for the company. I wish there was a way we could promote this as a tax write off for the company to help us somehow.

 

As this has been progressing since this fall I've been sending information in to the school for the people involved from the Haas HTEC website on the role manufacturing has played and will play in our states/country's future. This article below came out this week and I had to laugh, it's exactly what we've been discussing and most everyone here on this board knows.

 

I'm open to any ideas as I said above, contact names for machines to see what deals that can be worked out and so forth. The curriculum is needed for the classes next fall. We have some time and there are some workarounds but it's only going to short change the education and experience for the students if we don't do our best to offer the full extent of the program.

 

Local paper letter to the editor from the state

 

Wisconsin faces a workforce paradox. Several sectors in Wisconsin, mainly manufacturing, are having difficulty filling jobs because applicants lack necessary skills. Yet, the state has an unemployment rate of 7.3 percent. There are good, family-supporting jobs out there, but the state, our education system and employers need to collectively focus on matching the availability of our workforce with those job needs.

 

It's this paradox that Governor Scott Walker and Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch are aggressively working to address. The issue won't be solved overnight or on any one front. It's a matter of laying the groundwork for our education system, businesses and workforce development to work together to address the gap between experience and available job opportunities. Our state must make it a priority to educate our workforce and dispel myths about Wisconsin's economy in the following ways:

 

1. Our K-12 system, along with parents, needs to do a better job of highlighting manufacturing as a desirable career pathway after high school and dispelling false impressions that manufacturing is dirty, dumb and dangerous.

 

2. We have to introduce students at the elementary, middle school and high school levels to the reality that advanced manufacturing is part of Wisconsin's new economy and that industry offers high-tech, immediately available positions with family-supporting wages to those with the right skill sets.

 

3. Our manufacturing plants need to engage students and young working adults through mentorship programs and other outreach. These employers can showcase their products and operations, as well as illustrate their potential societal impact and the skills needed to drive their industries forward. Having been through workplaces over the years, we can guarantee that these tours leave an impression that will get young people excited about these careers.

 

4. We need to recognize that not everyone needs to go to a four-year college and that attractive, lifelong opportunities exist through technical training. All of our colleges need to develop curricula addressing workplace needs rather than just student demand. In addition, focusing technical training on certification, rather than a degree makes us more nimble to respond to changes in workplace skill needs. We have one of the best technical college systems in the country. Working together, we can ensure their course offerings accurately reflect the workforce dynamic.

 

5. We need to identify regional job opportunities and skill needs and find ways to help people relocate to where those jobs are. Our businesses facing shortages need to throw a wider net for recruitment. We may have to look at assistance on training credits and relocation - connecting available workerswith available jobs. .

 

6. We must do a better job of identifying the skills, abilities and experience of people who are unemployed and link them to the available needs. A more thorough assessment of our workforce development strategy is necessary to transition from excelling at processing claims to excelling at putting people back to work.

 

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and the Department of Workforce Development will partner in rebranding opportunities, aligning training to job needs, connecting workers to jobs and providing necessary training and relocation investments. We look forward to continuing to work with our workforce development partners, along with educators at every level of academia, to better position available workers to fill businesses' current needs.

 

Paul Jadin, CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development

 

Corporation

 

and Reggie Newson, Secretary of the

 

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development

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Sorry to hear that Brad.

The big thing we have on our side is the Area Salesman, Phil Haming. He is born and raised in Louisville KY, went to UofLouisville and will go above and beyond for the benifit of his home state.

He has lots of HAAS machines at UofL, he has some here at Murray State University (which is 19-0 right now woohoo ) and our local Calloway County VOTECH.

I volunteer in my spare to help with the machines and keep their MasterCAM updated and so forth.

 

Again, sorry it didn't work out

[Thee Rickster ™]

ball in cube

BALL_INSIDE_SQAURE.MCX

[#Rekd™]

Jay could you email me the cube within a cube?

 

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ball in cube

 

uhhhhh....I think yer still drunk Ricky

edit: sorry Ricky....maybe I'm still drunk. Your message had no content, but I didn't wait for the attachment before I blasted ya, sorry

[Brad St.]

Thanks Keith, oh we're not done just a few speed bumps to get over.

[Thee Rickster ™]

diamond in box, two versions

QDIAMOND ver 1.MCX

[Thee Rickster ™]

2nd

QDIAMOND ver 2.MCX

[Thee Rickster ™]

Kieth's ball in box, maybe

big ball BALL_IN_BOX.MCX

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Kieth's ball in box, maybe

 

Can't be mine......my wife keeps em in her purse ROR

[Thee Rickster ™]

yeah....she's got mine too.....

[#Rekd™]

Does somebody have a MCX file of the "Turners" cube???

 

Thanks in advance!

[Guest SAIPEM]

Cool 5-Axis version