I've never used autocad before, but 20 min of fooling around and I was
able to design a bracket for my boat that required laser cutting,
bending, and buffing. I also designed some chain plates for a friend
that required laser cutting, punching and buffing. The pricing is
more expensive, but reflects a measure of convenience.
Believe it or not, but it is difficult to find a machine shop in NYC
that will accept walk in orders off the street, or deal in marine
grade SS and polishing.



On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:02:28 -0300, "Capt. Mooron"
wrote:

Most of what you need milled for a boat would be better done by a local
millwright or even a forge and smitty. I have a metal lathe outback and a
smitty. I'm researching case hardening right now.

Cool site... but few could make use of it. I use AutoCAD light in my field
of work... but I would never attempt a complicated design with it.

CM

"Marc" wrote in message
news | Just another tool in the neverending world of boat maintenence. Use it
| or don't
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| On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:00:41 -0300, "Capt. Mooron"
| wrote:
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| Yeah sure Marc.... but how many people do you think can operate AutoCAD
| sufficiently well to design for lathe work and milling?
|
| CM
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| "Marc" wrote in message
| .. .
| | sorry http://www.emachineshop.com/
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