Ya know... I've been on the forum for a few weeks and never intro'ed myself.
I'm Scott Leatham in Duvall Washington, living on a small ranch named (you guessed it) Far Reach Farm.
I have two machines, The first is a Shop Task 3in1, upgraded to steppers and controlled by AhHa, but I'll be changing this to Mach 3 soon due to "animal damage" to (er read as "on") the computer. So if I have to buy a new computer, I'll update the S/E.
The 2nd machine is a Bridgeport Discovery 300 VMC, upgraded a lot. Currently it's running Camsoft, Galil motion controller, Advanced motion servo drives, opto-22 G4 SSRs, and a Control Techniques vector flux spindle drive/controller. Since I really don't like Camsoft, I'm converting to Mach3l (I was so happy to learn Mach supports Galil).
I use Solidworks for design work (I have a legal license), then a local local machine shop allows me to use SoftCam or MasterCam to produce G-Code.
As for myself, I'm a manager in the software & embedded systems industry; OS/Systems, mobile devices, gaming consoles, and robotics. I like sailing, diving/snorkeling, horseback riding (I have 2000lb drafthorse), art-blacksmithing, and cutting out parts on my CNC machine. A friend uses my machine to make parts for underwater diving equipment (rebreathers, dive computer housings, custom flashlights). The item is my picture is a small robotic telescope mount for a 6" mead. I've done some mold making for a cell phone snap on skin that actually went into production. I've also written machine control operator interfaces for a couple hydraulic manufacturing equipment. But, sadly I get so busy at work, that I end up having to re-learn everytime I start a new project or resume an old one! So I'm a newbie at times too!
--Scott