Wayne: I think you are making a mistake to buy a "heavy" if your needs are
for "all of the above kinds of patterns" as you said. You would be much
better off going to service bureaus for the particular kind of patterns you
need for each individual case, as we do. Eventually you will find competent
houses who price reasonably. Best Regards, Tom Richards, Metallurgist
At 02:13 PM 9/23/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>Hi all,
>
>So far, I've had a good response to my questions about which modeler I
>should recommend. Nearly every response started by asking what I was going
>to use the models for (ie fit/form/function, casting masters, etc.) and
>what level of detail and precision was needed. The answer to those
>questions is "yes" and "all of the above". Sorry about being a little
>sarcastic here, but in this particular instance, the modeler needs to be
>"all things to all people". The modeler in question here will be in a
>service bureau-like environment (don't worry SB's, no competition here) and
>will serve a wide variety of products and applications. Not under
>consideration is 3D printers and the smaller units. They want to go the Tim
>Taylor route of "more power". I guess that my major concern at this point
>is determining if the SLA-7000 is worth the extra money and how much does
>it really cost to set-up an SLA operation on top of the modeler cost.
>
>Thanks to everyone for their insight and please keep it coming.
>
>
>Wayne Foss
>Rockwell Collins, Inc.
>Cedar Rapids, Iowa
>
>Blue flag, Tim!
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