Thanks Grendel. My brother (running the CNC) also prefers to do it with the tooling. I've been trying to show him the value in having a 3d model also to go with a 2d layout with pockets and profiles. Truth is our simple stuff does not require doing things with 3d parts. We dont do any pencil milling type stuff and it would just take longer.

I'm mostly learning from you guy's. When I see something I may wonder about. Like on those big assembly type models some do. I asked it what I saw were mostly "surfaces" to represent plastic "wall parts" or if it was actually modeled with thickness. For instance, with one of your coffe models. Is the pot body actually modeled at 1/16th thick chrome or just a surface to cover that area (If you punch a hole would there be 2 edges per surface or only one?)

Thanks again,
Burr