Hi Sven, Where are you located? What kind of milling machine were you controlling with LinuxCNC? I am sort of meandering my way toward setting up a domestic manufacturing cooperative and am contemplating building a LinuxCNC control milling machine. We are also sort of working our way toward getting a small 25 ton injection molding machine up and running.
If you are near by, is building a LinuxCNC control mill something you are interested in? thanks, John tux-lab.com On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Sven Wesley <svenne.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Pete, > > This part requires injection molding and a UV-resistant plastic. I would > like to do it in PC due to it's durable properties but that's a tough > plastic to work with so I'm willing to use something else, PET would > probably work too. > > I do have some knowledge. My workshop has injection moulders and several > CNC machines for mold making. > MadCAM is a plugin for Rhino 3D that can make everything up to 5 axis > simultaneous. The LinuxCNC Post processor included in the application is my > fault. :) > It's not for free though, but compared to the other competitors I think > there is no one who can compete with the features in that price range. And > the lead developer is a well experienced guy in tooling so he is not just a > programmer, he has both an injection molding company and a tooling workshop > under his wings. I would guess 15 employees doing this kind of things all > day long. Unfortunately this project is a bit too small for them in > quantity figures. > > > > 2014-11-20 0:43 GMT+01:00 Pete Matos <petefro...@gmail.com>: > >> Sven, >> Perhaps if you can post a photo of the part or the cad drawing people >> could be able to give you a better idea of who and how to make it. It might >> be able to be built in other ways as well but it sounds like you have a >> good bit of knowledge in that arena. I see you have several MadCam videos >> online that looks interesting have not seen or heard much about it. Peace >> >> Pete >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Sven Wesley <svenne.d...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > I need both. 3D machining is needed. >> > >> > /S >> > >> > 2014-11-19 21:38 GMT+01:00 Ralph Stirling <ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu >> >: >> > >> > > Are you looking for someone to make the mold, do the molding, or both? >> > > >> > > I know a local guy who is good for small runs of molded parts, but he >> > isn't >> > > equipped to make very complex molds (2.5D cnc, manual milling and >> > turning, >> > > sinker EDM). He uses a lot of aluminum molds. >> > > >> > > -- Ralph >> > > ________________________________________ >> > > From: Sven Wesley [svenne.d...@gmail.com] >> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:06 PM >> > > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) >> > > Subject: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding? >> > > >> > > Anyone of our members making plastic parts? >> > > I have a small piece I want to make a few hundreds of, but since I >> moved >> > to >> > > the US I have no access to a workshop and my own workshop is shut down >> > and >> > > closed until I decide to move back. >> > > >> > > It's an end cap to a mirror mount, transparent, not big but a little >> bit >> > > complex shape. I would have made the tool in aluminium (like Alumek) as >> > the >> > > quantity will not be super high. Less than 1000 within a year or two I >> > > believe. >> > > >> > > Anyone here interested in doing this little project? >> > > I can prepare the mold layout, I can generate the tool paths too. >> > > >> > > Regards, >> > > Sven >> > > >> > > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server >> > > from Actuate! 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