Hello, let me introduce myself:
My name is Roberto, I live in México city.
Surfing the net I found this incredible place and found myself astonsihed of all of the work you are doing.
I thought that this forum was basically from people that have a comon interest of building and creating. But for all that I hve been reading I am sure that it is full of profesionals and very talented individuals.
I am Veterinarian and have a mixed practices , mainly small species , a little bit of exotic animals and I used to work with horses, but not so much now. I have a lot of hobbies mainly sculpture, RC helicopters, Archery, Airguns and guns of any kind, motorcyle and car racing, photography and of course my profesion which is fortunately more of a passion than work.
For some time and because of my hobbies I like to create things and learn and applied all that combined knowledge. I usually model a part then make a mould and reproduce it in a reinforced plastic, usually polyesther or epoxy resin. I also make sometimes prototypes and inyection mold it using polyethylene, polypropylene , nylon, acetal and UHMWP. I am always trying out new materials.
Because of my practice ( mainly orthopaedic surgery) I found myself in the need to custom make implants and started shaping metals of all kinds but then I made the decision on learning about lathes and mills. Bought a Grizzly lathe mill combination machine and started to make chips.
I have read a lot, practiced some more , made a lot of mistakes and continue learning.
I hope to learn some more from all of you!
This machine is very basic but allows me to carry some of my proyects with some precision.
I usually use stainless steel 306 L, aluminum and for implants that will go inside the body it is usually Titanium 6AL4VELI.
It has been a difficult journey but it has been great to see some of the patients walk or fly again!
I find myself designing on the Macintosh ( using Vectorworks ) and then creating on the lathe the parts we need, but sometimes I find myself alone without guidance and no place to find info.
Can you believe I have not found out how a the allen head of a screw is made!! I guess it is using some kind of a punch but no idea really.
Well, this is a little background on me and hope to fit in this interesting comunity.
I want to apologize for my English and please do not be very rude when I write something wrong but correct me if you can so I will not make the mistake again!
Best regards
Roberto
