[alfa] Who Asked About Making A New Batch of Alfa Factory Tools?

[TJCallahan@xxxxxxx]

Here's an interesting site for those who have great ideas but lack 
contacts/connections to turn them into real items -

http://emachineshop.com/

From the AP news report -

"Programs for computer-aided design, or CAD, have been around for decades, 
but eMachineShop.com appears to be the first service that checks whether a 
design can be made, tells the customer how much it will cost. If the customer wants 
the item the design goes to a "real world" machine shop for manufacturing.

The key to this enterprise is free design software provided by eMachineShop 
that aims to be simple enough for hobbyists and other non-engineers."

One downloads the design software, draws the part (including manufacturing 
feedback), and orders the finished product. The design is sent to one of several 
machine shops contracting with emachineshop.com.

Boy, if you do get a hold of the drawings for the old Alfa factory tools, 
this seems like a convenient way to go ...

Tom
Seattle
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