Table de billard Gary Mast

Comment passer de plus de 30 ans à travailler plus de 80 heures par semaine à la retraite ? Eh bien, Gary Mast, le client dont nous présentons le cas ce mois-ci, a dû franchir le pas et, pour occuper son temps, il s’est lancé dans l’usinage CNC. Vous avez peut-être déjà vu son travail exceptionnel sur le forum Vectric ; ses publications ont suscité un vif intérêt, notamment sa dernière création, qu’il nous présentera plus loin dans cet article. Avant de découvrir comment il a réalisé ce fantastique projet, il nous fallait en savoir plus sur son parcours.…In 1967, while I was still in high school, I bought into a very small equipment rental business. After my graduation I became manager. About 3-years later, the original owner died and I was able to acquire 50% ownership of the business. In the 1990’s I became 100% owner and by 1997 I built the company to five locations and became the largest Equipment Rental Company in Utah. In 1997, the year United Rentals was established, I became the first company they bought out before going public – I retired two months my 47th birthday.

I went from working 80-hours a week for the past three decades, to suddenly having nothing to do. It was at this point I decided I wanted to pursue a hobby in making things out of wood, so I decided to buy a Laser Engraver. I found it to be very unsatisfying and soon after replaced it with my first CNC machine.The software package being sold alongside the CNC machine I was looking at was very expensive, so I needed to find an alternative with the same functionality. The company I bought the CNC machine from recommended a brand-new company with software much more affordable called Vectric, so I initially purchased their Cut3D and VCarve programs.

In 2008 Vectric launched a new product called Aspire, I wanted to get more into 3D modelling, so I bought it soon after. Although I own Cut3D, VCarve Pro and PhotoVCarve, since Aspire came out I haven’t needed to use the other Vectric software. Aspire is the main software I use on every project. I even use it to generate the art and vectors for use in my laser cutter and vectors for the plasma cutter. I make sure I upgrade Aspire to get all the new goodies.En matière de machines, j'en ai probablement possédé de toutes sortes. J'ai aménagé mon garage (qui était à l'origine un ancien camping-car) avec tout le nécessaire pour le travail du bois. Actuellement, mon atelier comprend une fraiseuse CNC, une découpeuse laser de 400 watts, une scie circulaire de 30 cm, une scie à ruban de 45 cm, un aspirateur à poussières cyclonique Grizzly de 5 CV, une ponceuse à tambour, une imprimante 3D professionnelle, un tour et une fraiseuse, pour ne citer que quelques exemples.