Spent the last couple of days looking around sites for routers, woodworking and cnc stuff. Alot of people doing cnc, alot doing woodwork, not many doing cnc woodwork. And those that do are far away and or do not want to share their "secrets"
I do have a plastics shop pretty close by that will let me come by and check out how they do things but they just cut flat parts. (though they do some bending as well) Not so sure that will help me but it can't hurt.
On the CNC front I talked to a couple of the electrical-motion engineers here at work and they have offered their help in setting up the electrical package required for either Indramat or AB servos for me. (One has an extra AB 1000 touchscreen I can get as well) I have the opportunity to get Indramat MKD motors very cheap. (Our company has obsoleted them for the PPC style. Whatever that means:P) The servos seem to be a bit overkill in that they are 52 inch pound motors and run at 480 3 phase. However, I managed to pick up 20 transformers at an auction for $150. So if need be I can use them. Also got 10 Eurodrive gearmotors cheap at the same auction. Was going to make a hoist out of one.
Heh I get off subject easily. At any rate, I have been seing alot of routers for sale on E-bay and am researching what my real needs are for what I want to do.
Looks to me that my next step is still to find a show, or if none are available, a company to let me do some touchy feely.
Thanks for all the support so far