Hi,
My name is Marcus and I live in Los Angeles Califonia, I have been running several brands of CNC machines for 5 years now, and I'm a Certified General Machinist as well as freshly graduated in Manufacturing Engineering. Most of my experience is in the tool and die/mold industry making tools for plastic injection for mostly the automotive industries as well as various small series business needs.
I own a Roland MDX20, a Gravograph IS400 and a TorchMate with MACH3 which I have some ideas on making a little bit bigger and routing capable by using a splindle attachment. I would like also to add a 4th axis to it and I am making some research on that. I have a small (tiny) business that I am trying to run on the side, maybe one day I can do it full time and make it really take off.
I know many different CNC controlers such as NUM, Fanuc, Heidenhein, and a few others.
I am also familiar with many CAM software such as CATIA, SolidworksHSM, TopSolid, Gravostyle (came with the IS 400), Typeedit, ArtClip3D... When I first came to California I started working for a company that imported CNC machines from China but there was too much travel involved so I couldn't stay any longer with that company. Now I am in a software company subsidiary of a huge machine manufacturer, it is a good place to work they have very good customer relationship and I am myself helping software users to smooth their experience with our solutions.
I enjoy drawing, woodcarving, snowboarding and treking. I love CNC and I have benefited greatly from this site and all the people here. I hope I will be able to give back as much as I got.
Marcus