Offer beer. Always works better than cash.

On 3/3/12, Philip Lardner <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.> wrote:
> One of the draughtsmen in my brother's engineering company (they design and
> build industrial boilers) said he might be interested in redrawing the plans
> in AutoCAD in his spare time. At the time he was printing out the PDFs I
> said not to waste his time, but now I'm having second thoughts - a good set
> of DXF files could be plugged into a CNC router to cut out foam parts and
> MDF moulds a lot easier than doing it by hand... as I'm now doing! I'll
> enquire if the offer still stands and what 'inducements' might speed things
> along. Don't hold your breath, but I'll ask.
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> Phil.
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> [This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.] On Behalf Of Kenny
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> Subject: Re: [Carbondragonbuildersandpilots] Re: Carbon Dragon Plans on ebay
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> There are some ways to do it. That would get them in a 2D format, which
> wouldn't be too bad, and could certainly be OK, especially for modeling some
> ribs, and I suppose even it could speed up the creation of the 3D plans.
> IMO, this would be a HUGE benefit. I'd be willing to donate $100 bucks
> toward the effort (trying to put the money where the mouth is!). Plus, as I
> said, I will try to help out with the FE modeling and I will evaluate any
> changes that I or anyone else comes up with.
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> --- On Sat, 3/3/12, KarlS <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.> wrote:
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> From: KarlS <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
> Subject: [Carbondragonbuildersandpilots] Re: Carbon Dragon Plans on ebay
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> Date: Saturday, March 3, 2012, 11:17 AM
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> Kenny,
> I scanned my prints to .tiff and .pdf. I know this does not help but they
> are very accurate scans but would need converted to cad by importing and
> tracing. Is that correct? I have a daughter that is in her 4th year of
> school to be an architect. Perhaps I could pay her to convert them. Is there
> another way to do it? I'm thinking now she should do it for free. She still
> has 2 semesters of tuition due.
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> Karl