Sounds like an interesting idea. Maybe a kit & DVD filling in the gaps between what can and can't be sourced from Molten Media, local stores and web software. I wonder if cutting the MDF is the largest obstacle? I suspect apart from knowing what to use the device for, the biggest obstacle to getting started is understanding the software tool chain, some howto's and example projects would be a great start. Could be a nice kit / product.<br>
<br>Richard<br>(Just arrived back to a cool Chch)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Chris Hellyar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris@trash.co.nz">chris@trash.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><font face="arial" size="2"><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Hi-ho,</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Is there be any interest in a modest sized (A4?) MDF CNC platform in kit form?</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm thinking suitable for plastics/wood/pcb's. A cnc cut kit of MDF parts plus some of the hard to source locally linear bits at cost?</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">The comments at the club meeting the other night about it costing $1k to bring in the kit from Aussie and the lack of local options got me thinking about it while I was driving to work this morning.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">I'm not looking for commitment of any sort, and I'm not in a position to cut the kits till early next year anyway. Just chucking it out there to see what people think..</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Cheers, Chris H</span></p>
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