[Jewelry making - Article 00078] - Re: [Orchid] CNC Wax Masters

[Jeffrey Everett]

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>         I want to thank every one for their input on the wax finish
>     question, Jeffery my Mastercam isn't a pirated piece I bought it at
>     a School surplus auction I have the box, two manuals and could
>     register it I believe. Not that I ever register software any way,
>     and the jewlecad is their evaluation copy, We won't discuss the
>     other programs <Argh Matey> 

    Hi Kenneth 

    Sorry about certain comments, I regret them. At any rate, a
    MasterCam license is not transferable. Just the same, you can play
    with it, but you'll find you may be wasting your time. It's a VERY
    difficult program. You'll be far better off with programs such as
    VisualMill, DeskProto, XCam, etc. At any rate, I'm available to help
    you get running with whatever program you run, or to mill some
    pieces. I don't currently have a 4th axis, but I have friends who do. 

>         I've been considering Cad/Cam for several years, and this
>     fiasco with this vendor is probably going to get me off my hind
>     side and step into the fire, Last year I experimented with Rhino's
>     demo and that does seem to have a pretty steep learning curve. I
>     spoke with the wax vendor and he said that well the models were
>     just for silver  so ... Well I guess if he were the one that had to
>     do the casting, and clean up and the waxes were for Platinum or
>     Karat Gold he could do a better job. Unfortunately I'm the slob
>     that gets the honor of trying to explain to my client why the job
>     is going slowly and that well yeah they are a bit thinner than I'd
>     like to have them too. and so on and so on. I guess I'm a bit anal
>     when it comes to sending the best I can to my clients and when I
>     have to scrap a very high percentage of my waxes due to someone
>     else's uncaring quality then it's time for a change. The waxes in
>     question were done on a 3D wax mill to me it seems like an OK
>     machine for the money, but I think I'm going to set up a Taig
>     either that or the Max cnc 10 open loop, I wish I could afford the
>     Max 10 closed loop but I'll still have to grab some tooling and
>     LOT'S of wax blocks to practice with, I'm going to have to start
>     producing waxes in about two weeks that will pass my criteria and
>     my client's, unfortunately I think I'm harder to please than most
>     stone age casters. 

    I think the better of the two mills is the Taig, purchased from
    www.microproto.com. I mill pieces for silver with just as much care
    as pieces for platinum. Maybe if you tell your vendor to re-mill the
    unacceptable jobs he will. Anality is a good thing when it
    represents a caring attitude about your work. At any rate, two weeks
    really isn't sufficient to set up and learn to use the mill. There's
    a bit of a learning curve in milling. The good news is help is
    available. You're welcome to email me privately
    (jeffery AT iowatelecom.net). 

Jeffrey Everett



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