I was tinkering with that idea. Eric at Rainbow Boat Works
(www.rainbowboats.com) does the CNC kits for my plans. He has a Shopbot
CNC router.

I e-mailed Shopbot and asked if a Rhino3d (Rhino3D is the design
software I use) file can be dumped into their Shopbot control program
and cut a mold. Here's what they said:

"The combination of Rhino and Mill Wizard is popular for the type of
work you describe. Check the forum www.talkshopbot.com - search for
those names. And you might want to contact in
tech support for more specific info."

I'm not sure how easy or hard this is to do but maybe that'll point you
in the right direction.

Matt Langenfeld
JEM Watercraft
htpp://www.jemwatercraft.com



Robert Haston wrote:

Speaking of which (and back to planking methods) your CAD work is great.
What I am interested in is an easy way to turn a CAD design into a decent
mold. CAD has gotten cheap, trying to get cheap CAM is the issue now.