THE 3DWAXMILLER CLUB.

Welcome Michael, The best advice that I can provide is for you to start a notebook of items that you find in the forum. Getting used to thinking like a "miller" will be much easier if you pay attention to the tutorial and then go to the FTP site and download some of the 3de files the guys have place...

Welcome Steve, Your adventure is about to begin into custom milling. You will be able to do far more for your clients than you ever dreamed. You can make custom findings, 5 prong heads, custom machined parts that are repeatable, instrument parts, enlarge rings to make sculpture, or reduce objects to...

Welcome Chris, One thing that you will learn is that all of the Roland programs are enter connected. What is most interesting, is that you can load them and use them without a mill. So you can experiment with all kinds of jobs away from the mill. Keep a notebook, create a Project file. and as you le...

Welcome to the board, understand that there is no such thing as a dumb question. We all have them, some more than others. My father was a MD with a term, TDA. Well, I have cornered the market with TDA's over the years. Yet, that has not prevented me from participation. The more we ask, the more we l...

Welcome Jon, I have a similar setup. I too have both the D-2 and D3 thermatrols, and extra carbon flasks for the larger unit. I see that with your setup that you make sculpture, have you considered becoming a member of MJSA, we have an excellent medical, and other benefits for sculptors, etc, faceto...

Welcome Curt, The first step towards mastery of a tool is to know your limitations. You will love this machine. Also, you will be a great addition to the club if you dare to ask any questions about this machine. We all started like you, and are still plodding along. Actually, you will learn faster i...

My wife of 30 years told me that she plans to put a mill in my coffin when I die. As it seems to be my second love it is only fitting that we should go out of this world together. If I go to heaven, then Roland will have good representation there. Surely, I will be alone as few good people devote so...

Welcome Joe, Start a notebook, download ideas and try them out. date your progress, and ideas, sign the sheet, start a diary of designs. this is important for later copyrights. My wife has threatened to bury me with one of my mills.... so Jeff do't worry about me going postal. I will be able to take...

Welcome to the club Matthew, My attempt for a little humor may have missed. The mill will prove to be one of your most valuable tools. This club makes all that possible. A machine without good instructions, help, R&D and samples of what is being done are oft times as valuable as the machine itself. ...

Welcome Gravakos, Well tell Mark Priest hello for me. I hope that you will use the mill a lot, this club is well worth the funds. What you will find, is a club that has written the book on the Roland mDX-15, much of what is here is found no where else. This is one place where "value added" has real ...

Welcome Roy, Your mill will open new vistas for your creativity from Ski jewelry, custom images of your area, town, buildings, for charms, not to say setting up that Colorado Lapis, or aqua. It is easy, and if you read these posts in the club, the learning curve will be short. Keep a sketch book, da...

Welcome Len, They may allow you to hold the keys to this Ward. We no longer wear uniforms, only street clothes, patients and staff are no different. Seriously, this is an exceiting club, there were no books for jewelers from Roland, we sort of wrote the book and see what sharing has done for the clu...

Matthew, Welcome to the ward, we are all aflicted with mill itis. It is not terminal, but it can change your life. You will discover that your skills as a jeweler will be greatly expanded, the packet of programs although they appear simple will do things that only the big guys could do. You can make...

The tools look like dental tools. I got some from my dentist that had small nicks in them. He saves them for me. I put them on a honing wheel and they are as good as new. Dentist tools if they get damaged can not be used again in the human mouth. My dentist is facinated with the MDX-15 so by doing s...

Most interesting work. I am very impressed. I made a piece for a Church, but instead of trying to do it as one piece, I broke up the elements into parts. 1) The coin part or the background was layed out with lettering and cut as one piece 2) The image of the Blessed Virgin was cut out as a single pi...