any one else find this cool
 

i dont know why but i find this seriously cool

must be a bit sad really lol :rolleyes:

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Re: any one else find this cool
 

no this is cool :cool:

Re: any one else find this cool
 

Gav, that is very cool, i could do some damage with one of them ;)

I was at an exhibition once and they were machining a persons face looking up towards the cutter, from a solid block of some plastic and it was amazing.

I like the water jet cutters, they are cool as well, cant believe abrasive water can cut such think materials, fast too.

Re: any one else find this cool
 

yes ok that's cool

although i still think lasers are cooler :D

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cool no sad yes
next question ;)

Re: any one else find this cool
 

I vote cool...

Can I be an engineer when I grow up? Although I imagine that the skill lies in being able to program the machine to cut the block into what you need? That must take a lot of maths... :D

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yeh it must take a lot of skill, and i think if your good you get paid a fair bit, my engineer has a 2008 Porsche 911 turbo and has a NICE house

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my engineer is a hair ugly yorkshireman who cant drink, they are not all paid a fortune, nor the brightest sparks :)

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^ is that person on this forum ..... ;) cough YC cough

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It's still interesting when you work on them everyday. Well, the Matsuura is, the laser gets boring quickly. At work we do most of the programming on the machine, not much CAD/CAM.

The maths is the best part :) That's not half of it though. You've got to know what you can do with each tool, and what tools you need etc.. And you can't learn much of that in books.