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Talcite · 05-18-2006, 11:49 AM

yes its true CNC machines do take longer to program, especially if they are on single run items. However, the milling machine i'm using has 1/38th a milimeter accuracy, and while i have experience with a manual milling machine, well i'm not anywhere close to proficient. I also have alot of time at home with ProDesktop and QuickCAM, but only a few hours at my dad's school with the CNC. From past experience, a complex design usually takes me 4 or 5 hours to mill out, at minimum. However, the biggest advantage of using the CNC is my ability to test out designs in software. I have complex wind tunnel software, ($15000 0.o) and while its probably not the same as fluid resistance software, both air and water are fluids =p. I havn't fully tried modifying the viscosity of the air, but i'm sure i can tinker to get it to somewhat mimick the properties of water.

05-18-2006, 11:49 AM	#6
Talcite Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 64	Re: CNC milling machine at my disposal yes its true CNC machines do take longer to program, especially if they are on single run items. However, the milling machine i'm using has 1/38th a milimeter accuracy, and while i have experience with a manual milling machine, well i'm not anywhere close to proficient. I also have alot of time at home with ProDesktop and QuickCAM, but only a few hours at my dad's school with the CNC. From past experience, a complex design usually takes me 4 or 5 hours to mill out, at minimum. However, the biggest advantage of using the CNC is my ability to test out designs in software. I have complex wind tunnel software, ($15000 0.o) and while its probably not the same as fluid resistance software, both air and water are fluids =p. I havn't fully tried modifying the viscosity of the air, but i'm sure i can tinker to get it to somewhat mimick the properties of water.