[Jewelry making - Article 00583] - Re: [Orchid] A paradigm shift: print on demand objects to sell

[Rick Hamilton]

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>     As you say, it's just another tool. I'd go even farther and
>     suggest that it's healthier to think of it as a DRAWING tool and
>     not a design tool. Design is in the mind, or some might say the
>     heart..... So many machinists putting out machinist jewelry... 

    I've been working with Art CAM for 9 years, and I still find it
    easier to fabricate a lot of items, or use the cad for select parts.
    It is nice for certain items, but there are limits- undercuts, open
    galleries, and general lightness in detail. John, you are right, it
    is a tool, and it sits in my tool room area, waiting for
    opportunities. I can usually carve a ring wax, faster than I can
    design it in ArtCAM, and faster than the mill can machine it. It is
    a handy tool for certain things- Daniel at Race Car just cast some
    sterling hinge sections for me for a men's bracelet project. That
    was faster than fabricating them, and really accurate as well, even
    though I assembled two waxes to get what I needed. 

Rick Hamilton
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