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    New CNC idea

    I have a proposal for the venture capitalists out there. It is an infinite-capacity infite-axis milling machine. Rather than using linear rails and drives, it uses helicopters.

    Let me know if you would like to buy my idea. Bidding starts at 1 dollar!


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    You are crazy


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    Sounds pretty efficient... cutters on the rotor tips and your chip removal and positioning horsepower would overlap. :P



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    Major drawback that I see is that if the wind is in the wrong direction, you'll have a serious backlash problem.
    It's like doing jigsaw puzzles in the dark.
    Enjoy today's problems, for tomorrow's may be worse.


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    bond, james bond...


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    Is there an open source GPS controller and interface already available or should we develop some kind of proprietary controller for the "Heli-Chop-ter" or "Heli-Chopper" or "Heli-Carver" or "Rotor-Zip"?

    For those who need the precision of a Laser, the controller could be upgraded to tap into the unused capacity of the High Energy Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS) or the Mobile/Tactical High Energy Laser (M-THEL) Program.

    Ya know, successful businesses have started out with ideas as wacky as, or wackier than, this one!

    HayTay


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    Quote Originally Posted by greybeard
    Major drawback that I see is that if the wind is in the wrong direction, you'll have a serious backlash problem.
    Not if you have the right controller!!!
    No greater love can a man have than this, that he give his life for a friend.


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    I think the helicopter idea is the only viable solution for wood milling at this point in time. Cheap, accurate, quiet, and very very safe.

    But for metals and plastics, underwater is the key by using submarines. For milling really large objects, we will have to build the "USS Ohio NC".

    A third idea is to use mini robots with microscopic end mills attached to them. Basically they crawl all over the workpiece, and using a 3D radar system, they decide whether they need to move to the next point or drill down at their given location.

    The robots can also be used to clear up arteries. We'll make billionz selling to cardiologists across the globe.


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    I'm betting this thread has a bunch of newbies , scratching their heads! Ha! Ha!


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    Where's the problem ?
    Slartibartfast really enjoyed doing the fiords. I wonder where his home zero was ?
    It's like doing jigsaw puzzles in the dark.
    Enjoy today's problems, for tomorrow's may be worse.


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    Makes you wonder, did Slartibartfast use absolute, Cartesian (for maps) or "POLAR" coordinates?


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    Maybe you could use GPS'd H2's with robotic ditch-witches on 'em. Head on out to the salt flats in Utah, and make some skyscraper molds. Convert some fire trucks to spray an epoxy / carbon fiber tow mix, and voila, instant carbon fiber skyscraper panels. Fly 'em in, raise 'em up, bolt 'em together. Could be used for bridges, too...

    A thought for anyone who says the salt flats aren't flat enough- remember, you could always convert a steam roller into a GPS'd surface grinder....

    Just think, 85 mph rapids!!!


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