Need Input From Everyone ~ What is your Opinion???

Hi to all!

I am new here and hope to be an asset to this community.

I would like to know if I could get some feedback from you all. I am in the process of creating a site that teaches people how to create metal art, metal sculptures, metal furniture, etc. from a CAD program. I have designed, programmed, and cut metal art for years now, and I would really like to teach people how to do it - from the designing stages to the end cutting procedures and finishes. I would really like to teach people how to create their own original art and get people away from the cookie cutting CAD art that everyone has.

With all that said, I would really like to get feedback to know if anyone would be interested in learning something like this and if so what types of things would you be interested in learning. The reason I would like feedback is to see if this would be something viable that individuals would like to learn. I would hate to waste a lot of time setting a website up, trying to teach something if no one is really interested in learning it.

Anyway I hope you can all take a moment or two and let me know what your thoughts are on this.

I am glad to be here and hope to talk to you all soon.

Hi,

I am sure some people will be interested. But try to find all the different possibilities that there are that you can do with creating metal art. Try to make tutorials in this categories in different difficulties.

I hope this helps.

i'm up for it - but i'm a beginner! let us know when you have something to look at, and i'll try it out. got some photos / models?

Rob and Stuart,

Thanks for your reply. Since I have been creating metal art for years I can teach people the in's and out's of how they can get their art cut (laser, water jet, plasma), and the beauty of it is you would be amazed how much money you can actually make once you out source the cutting. Your own machine is not required.

I recommend laser. Very affordable and has an excellent cut. Waterjet is more expensive and should be used for thicker material. As for plasma, I honestly really didn't want to try it, due to the slag, so I don't know a lot about how it would turn out.

There is a huge market out their and only a few know how to make good original art. Believe me they get paid well for it. I think that's why I would like to see more people know how to do this. A lot of metal art silhouettes you see now are western metal art, and there is so much more that can be done with it.

I use AutoCAD for 2D designs as it is much easier to work with for silhouettes and Autodesk Inventor for 3D projects like tables and sculptures.

Again thank you for your input