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Home Base => Introductions => Topic started by: fatal-exception on August 20, 2010, 11:02:56 AM
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Greetings from Saskatoon! I'm really happy to have stumbled upon this site. I was looking for some completed examples of the Gingery Shaper and somehow ended up here.
I'm really impressed with the amount of knowledge on here, not to mention the generosity of the members. I'm on several other boards like CNC Zone, Practical Machinist, and a few other, but they just don't seem to have the content that this board has. This obviously has everything to do with the quality of members here! I see a few familiar handles here from other members of the CNC Zone. Hi to all of you.
In a way, I wish I wouldn't have found this site, my list of projects has grown a great deal over the last few days. That's OK though, never an idle moment in the shop.
So just a bit about me, I'm a mechanical designer by day and night. My employer pays me to tinker with machinery design ideas, mainly using Solidworks. I machine by the moonlight and make money doing so, mostly plastics in small production runs. I've been machining for about 5 years in which time I started with an X2 and 7x10 and have grown to a wide array of tools. Currently I have 2 X2's, both CNC, still have the 7x10, 13x24 (probably my favorite tool), 24x24 gantry milling machine, cnc rotab, mig/stick, all the main woodworking tools, ect. Never enough tools as most of you know...
Anyways, glad to be here and hope that I can be of help.
Paul
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Welcome aboard! I too use Solidworks at work, its a fantastic bit of software, it makes my life sooo much easier when drawing up a design :D
Rob :thumbup:
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Hi Paul,
Welcome to the Collective. :borg:
We are a really diverse bunch here. Unfortunately, some of us don't read too well. We need PICS of what you do! :worthless:
Join in. Ask your questions. Give your opinions...... :D
Enjoy! :thumbup:
David D
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Hi Paul,
Welcome to the collective :borg:
Sounds like you have some nice setups. Would like to see/read about your X2 conversions. I am getting ready to re-start my conversion.
Eric
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Hi Paul
Welcome to MadModder Paul. Glad to see someone from the prairies in here. It sounds like you have got quite the lot of equipment in your shop. Perhaps you can share some photos of it and some of your projects with us as you get time. If you have any questions just ask, there is always someone around to answer or at least give an opinion. :D :D
Cheers :beer:
Don
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Hi Paul.
What all the others have said and welcome to the collective. :borg: :wave:
Bernd