Wow! Vetric/cncminiprojects.com

[moell54]

Did you guys/gals see today's Vetric Newsletter #59.

As a soon to be ShopBot owner with no cnc experience, his looks like a lot of fun.

Vectric bought CNC Mini-Projects and the designs that they have been/will create works with Aspire.

cncminiprojects.com

This is not a paid for commercial. But it sure provides a lot of good anticipation for getting started with my new machine - someday.

Comments from any previous design users?

Aubrey

[scottp55]

Thanks for the heads up Aubrey--I missed it.

[mikeacg]

This is not a commercial either but I have used a number of mini-projects designs through the years and they are great! I bought the daisy design when Todd was just setting up the business (Check out the Pearl sign on the website. I did that for my mother!). Can't wait to see what Vectric does with the brand!

Mike

[moell54]

Thanks for response Mike. They have lots of designs that interest me. Am curious about learning curve.

[mikeacg]

Aubrey,

What software are you getting? If you get Aspire, I would work through the free projects first and then start looking at this stuff. The great part about mini-projects is the hacks - taking one project and combining with others. You can see it on their website. There are any number of people here who will gladly help you get going!

Mike

[moell54]

Mike-I think I will go to Aspire and use a spindle. I certainly appreciate your design you made for Pearl. That's an example of where I want to go in my first year of ownership. My youngest son is also a graphic designer and we have lots of ideas to aim for. Aluminum projects have his interest. We'll see?

[scottp55]

Aubrey, Just a thought, but as long as you're probably going to wait for #001 of the steroidal Desktop:) You might want to keep an eye on Aspire 5.0 at the same time-- Just a lot of hints so far that it will be early 2015, but it would save you the upgrade(they only charge for upgrades between # series ie 3.* to 4.* etc.).
Also buy Aspire from Shopbot as they will credit you for the $765? that you would have got standard VCarvePro for. Then you should be current for a few years with free upgrades until they get to Aspire 6.0.

[adrianm]

Upgrades for Vectric products are free for 12 months after purchase regardless if it's a "dot" release or new version.

[scottp55]

Thanks for the correction Adrian, Good to know Aubrey won't have to wait a day longer then he has to:)