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Precision3D

Precision3D

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Hi guys !
I just thought I would take a minute to introduce my self.
My name is Steven , I am currently a college student studying Computer Integrated machining (CIM).
What I tell people who don't understand CNC machining is that I program robots that are used in manufacturing.
I am also a Licensed Pyrotechnician and put on firework displays all over the East Coast. I have been apart of the hobby pyrotechnic community for close to 8 or so years and am apart of a few local clubs. I have done everything from the manufacture of fireworks and pyrotechnic devices to the choreography of fireworks to music. I have a very extensive knowledge on pyrotechnics , how they work and the safety that goes into all of it.
What got me into the rocketry side of things is when I was in elementary school and the husband of one of our daycare workers was apart of a rocket club and demonstrated the use of rockets . This was the peak of my interest and I have been designing and making rockets of all types going on 10 years or so.I recently just joined my local rocketry club(ROCC) and joined Tripoli( due to their allowance of experimental rocketry ) and am about to start working on my level 1 rocket when I receive it in mail .
Other than that I am trying to start my own side business of offering 3D printing and CNC services to people who want custom parts. If there is interest I was thinking about offering custom CNCed fins and anything else anyone may need!
 
Precision3D said:
Hi guys !
I just thought I would take a minute to introduce my self.
My name is Steven , I am currently a college student studying Computer Integrated machining (CIM).
What I tell people who don't understand CNC machining is that I program robots that are used in manufacturing.
I am also a Licensed Pyrotechnician and put on firework displays all over the East Coast. I have been apart of the hobby pyrotechnic community for close to 8 or so years and am apart of a few local clubs. I have done everything from the manufacture of fireworks and pyrotechnic devices to the choreography of fireworks to music. I have a very extensive knowledge on pyrotechnics , how they work and the safety that goes into all of it.
What got me into the rocketry side of things is when I was in elementary school and the husband of one of our daycare workers was apart of a rocket club and demonstrated the use of rockets . This was the peak of my interest and I have been designing and making rockets of all types going on 10 years or so.I recently just joined my local rocketry club(ROCC) and joined Tripoli( due to their allowance of experimental rocketry ) and am about to start working on my level 1 rocket when I receive it in mail .
Other than that I am trying to start my own side business of offering 3D printing and CNC services to people who want custom parts. If there is interest I was thinking about offering custom CNCed fins and anything else anyone may need!
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Welcome, Steven! Thanks for joining Tripoli. It sounds like you’re off to a good start. Best wishes for your business! I look forward to meeting you at a launch sometime.
 
dhbarr said:
Try to hitch a ride to Kansas for AIRFEST/LDRS this summer?
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While I would like to I'm unsure if I will be able to make it, I have school in the summer and I'm also busy doing firework shows and working my regular job so I will have to play it by ear. but if anyone happens to be driving that way in my neck of the woods I may hop along if they let me :)
 
Welcome to the forum. If you would like to provide services it would be useful if you had samples of some of the kinds of things you are thinking of offering, such as fins. I know of several flyers who have had fins CNC'd out of aluminum. Any experience you have there you can show would be great. 3D printers are pretty common nowadays and even our local library has 2 pretty decent printers they let the general public use. But 3D design services are harder to come by for complex parts.

It's always great to have newcomers to the hobby, good luck with both school and the hobby.


Tony
 
Welcome. It is nice to see more people friendly to pyrotechnics. There are far more similarities than differences to these hobbies and what you learn helps both. I love hearing thousands of people cheer after a display as much as I love the laughs and cheers from the peanut gallery when you launch a rocket or lift a handmade shell .
 
NateB said:
Welcome. It is nice to see more people friendly to pyrotechnics. There are far more similarities than differences to these hobbies and what you learn helps both. I love hearing thousands of people cheer after a display as much as I love the laughs and cheers from the peanut gallery when you launch a rocket or lift a handmade shell .
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You're correct about them both being more similar than different. I have always avoided the high power rocketry hobby because it always seemed like they were very against us hobby and professional pyros but it seems like lots of that has cleared up since I've last looked into it.
I also recognize your name from Ned Gorski's forum. glad to see you're on here too!
~Steven
 
Precision3D said:
You're correct about them both being more similar than different. I have always avoided the high power rocketry hobby because it always seemed like they were very against us hobby and professional pyros but it seems like lots of that has cleared up since I've last looked into it.
I also recognize your name from Ned Gorski's forum. glad to see you're on here too!
~Steven
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I know a lot of people in Tripoli who are interested in Pyro. I don’t participate but I enjoy learning about it. There’s a lot of crossover knowledge. However, we have always tried to distinguish between the two hobbies, especially in the public’s perception. Yet both fall under the same NFPA Technical Committee.
 
Pyro can be run but despite the amount of crossover knowledge, ask your local club before assume you can use the formulas on the field. Some propellant forumlas used in pyro and not acceptable to all clubs.
 
cwbullet said:
Pyro can be run but despite the amount of crossover knowledge, ask your local club before assume you can use the formulas on the field. Some propellant forumlas used in pyro and not acceptable to all clubs.
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I plan to just stick to regular commercial motors for a while. Even though I do have experience with EX motors and such. making a rocket motor that is not meant to be really SUPER consistent is one thing(like small BP or Sugar fueled rocket motors for lifting maybe 500g and not trying to recover and reuse the motor). but to invest into load cells and such so I can get consistent and useful data seems like a big investment at the moment and really wont pay its self off till I get into higher power rockets like M and N motors is seem, as a M motor costs around the rang of $350-$450 and seem to have about 10lbs of propellent. at the cost of about $10-$15/ lbs. to make propellent in bulk (If I can source HTBP in bulk at a decent price ) that would be around $150-$200 per motor Vs call it a median of $400 for premade propellant grains(I'm looking at CTI prices and total propellent weights) . this does not include the cost of time invested in making the propellent or casing or really much of anything else besides Raw Propellent cost .
but I don't want to venture into this topic to much here as it seems to be against the rules to talk a lot about EX motors out side of that private chat thing. Sorry if I went to far in depth here .
~Steven
 
Precision3D said:
I plan to just stick to regular commercial motors for a while.
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That is a good idea. Although the cost of an M and N might be high. The cost of a rocket and electronics can easily compound the cost if you are not good at building EX motors. Learn from folks at your local launch.
 
Welcome aboard .
I think your services will be a valuable asset here.
Not having a full workshop I have bought custom made birch ply centering rings and fins from a number of folks here.
 

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