Jerry O'Brien
06-15-2007, 9:52 AM
I went to a meeting on Wednesday evening of the Houston Inventors Association. (www.inventors.org (http://www.inventors.org)) and they had a guest from a company that demonstrated a tool for rapid proto typing of small parts and pieces. His website it : www.dserapid.com (http://www.dserapid.com). His name was Scott Vande Vegte. He showed us a number of the things he can make in very short order for very very reasonable pricing, including computer time. He has the advantage of being able to make a small piece and then almost instantly making changes without remaking a mold. He can then remake the part. He uses a machine that is very much like a inkjet printer. It prints in plastic and lays a strip that is .020' wide and .010 wide. It is really unique, at least to me. Look at the site. You never know you may run into someone today that could use this service. I have no affiliation with this person or his company.
Here is the part that this thread was written for. Someone asked what type of software he used. It was 3D and it rotated every which way. He uses a product called ALIBRE (www.alibre.com (http://www.alibre.com)). They have a free version and he mentioned that it should be able to do about 85-90% of what the average inventor needed to get started with their designs. I found it quite fascinating and you may too.
This is such a wonderful forum. I have learned so much. I began using it for infomation on a laser and I found some of the woodworking sites. MY son-in-law wants to build a pergola and we have found no less than 10 spots here referring to that type project.
Thank you again , all of you for you assistance.
Jerry O'Brien
Here is the part that this thread was written for. Someone asked what type of software he used. It was 3D and it rotated every which way. He uses a product called ALIBRE (www.alibre.com (http://www.alibre.com)). They have a free version and he mentioned that it should be able to do about 85-90% of what the average inventor needed to get started with their designs. I found it quite fascinating and you may too.
This is such a wonderful forum. I have learned so much. I began using it for infomation on a laser and I found some of the woodworking sites. MY son-in-law wants to build a pergola and we have found no less than 10 spots here referring to that type project.
Thank you again , all of you for you assistance.
Jerry O'Brien