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PATRICK THORN & CO

Welcome to the home page of Patrick Thorn & Co.

Here you can find out about the cutting and scanning based solutions you can add to your computer system easily and affordably. We specialise in subtractive rapid prototyping solutions and are Roland DG (UK) Ltd's premier consultants for specialised 3D solutions, we also provided added value products such as Picasofts Mayka, Immersions MicroScribes, RSI's MicroScan laser, Rhino, TechGems and RhinoGold, Minolta scanners plus a whole host of related technologies for industry and education. If you are interested there is a little more about our background down here. Patrick Thorn working for Roland Direct

If you cannot find exactly what you are looking for, contact us as we may have the solution you are interested in.

NEW Roland JWX-30 Wax Master Modeling Solution
Powerful JewelStudio Design Software included !

Call Roland DG UK on 0845 230 9060 for 3D information.
Mention our site Patrick Thorn

NEW Roland MDX540 RP Machine

The new MODELA PRO II MDX-540 Benchtop Milling Machine, is ideal for Subtractive Rapid Prototyping (SRP), industrial design, modelmaking including the production of simple molds and parts for in-house use. To date we have found this to be the fastes and most precise MDX Roland has produced. Customer seeing the MDX540 in action look in amazement, hence it is the most popular Modela Pro Roland has ever created.

Read the MDX540 story on
PROTOTYPE MAGAZINE's
Web site

Read in TCT about Me & My Machine,
( June 07 issue 15.3 inside back page )
a users comments
about why they use MDX540

Premier Consultant for Roland Advanced
3D Technology Products

Roland DG (UK) Ltd, have appointed Patrick Thorn as their exclusive consultant for the range of Roland Premier 3D products within the UK. All Roland 3D enquiries in the UK are handled by Roland DG with Patrick Thorn as the Roland UK representative. Roland DG Corporation, develop a wide range of 3D milling SRP (Subtractive Rapid Prototyping) machines and 3D scanning products, as well as stunning printers and engravers.
With over 17 year experience with Roland DG products, Patrick Thorn offers Roland DG UK and their clients a wealth of 3D expertise in providing the right 3D solution.

New Roland 4 axis SRP Prototyping machine.
Modela MDX-40R

Works with ModelaPlayer and Mayka

Read the LPX600 Review

New 3D Scanning Solution
Roland LPX-600
A new breed of detailed laser scanner.
Optional Scan to NURBS IGES software "Pixform Pro".
New low cost
Roland LPX-60
available Now!

JWX-10 Wins AJM Innovation Award

Roland JWX-10 jewellery model maker just won the 2005 AJM Innovation Award. An independent panel of nine esteemed jewellery experts from around the world selected the desktop device for its positive impact on the industry in 2005 and beyond.

New Roland 4 axis Jewellery machine.
JEWELA JWX-10
Works with ModelaPlayer and Mayka

Useful links
Roland Corporate Site
Roland Windows drivers & Compatability list
Roland DG UK Site

Modelling Materials to cut on your SRP milling machines to produce prototypes. Try www.alchemie.com in Warickshire - UK.

For a range of affordable milling cutters ( eg extra long endmills style 6000 approx £13 straight, £19 for ball) try Drill Services (Horley).

Other cutting tools try SGS Tools in the UK. Their 21M and 3XLM and 3XLMB cutters are really good.

All sorts of tools, cutters, Rocol spray etc
www.jlindustrial.co.uk

Precision small cutter grinding and supply
www.pmregrinds.co.uk

Sheffield Insulations, make a white and blue foam used by modelmakers.
www.sheffins.co.uk

Pantograph Services, make all types of engraving cutters and supply engraving materials. Also they the best doulble sided tape for modelmakers, in our opinion.
www.pantograph.co.uk

Welcome

Its time to buy a solution to increase your productivity.

The ULTIMATE in 3D solutions for Rapid Prototyping and 3D Engraving!

Macintosh Users ? Some thing for your CADCAM

on Microsoft WindowsXP

Mayka SRP Milling Software
3,4,5axis control

Stenza 3D Editing & Creation
Ideal for users of:-
Roland Picza PIX-3,4,30
ArtCAM
Type3
Cimagraphi
Adobe Photoshop

Stenza Online Demonstration

Rhino 4.0 Retail and education versions plus upgrades available !

Save money on our Rhino bundle packs. Rhino 3D for Windows, low cost 3D design interface for your MicroScribe Digitizer and Picza 3D scanner.

New Rhino Video Tips Tutorial CD available!
Free Rhino Evaluation Download with limited saving, so you can test it fully, before you buy.

We are a TechGems reseller

Need a reliable PC for 3D?
We find DELL to be good VFM

Thats what we use for PC work!

.......... apart from our
Apple Computers
that we use daily

BEST Mac Vectorisation
software !

Stand Alone (Mac)
Illustrator Plug-in (Mac & Win)

Read about leading packaging designers
TIN HORSE
and their Roland MDX650 (4axis)
with Mayka

http://www.tinhorse.com
http://www.rolanddg.co.uk
Installed by Patrick Thorn
http://www.patrick-thorn.co.uk

Love Cornwall, need a
self contained cottage.
We recommend you try !
www.glebehallcottages.co.uk
Cottages in the Lizard, Cornwall, UK

The first Laser Scanner head
for MicroScribe (6DOF's) at
an Affordable price !

UK Premier Partner
for Immersion Corporation's range of MicroScribe G2 and MX arms for digitising and metrology
See how they work.
New MicroScribe MX for inspection and metrology applications

New MicroScribe Fixture Plate
available NOW! to make digitising easier to set up.

A Rapid Prototyping benchmark that you cannot miss ! Get the facts before you invest.

T. A. Grimm & Associates has made the rapid prototyping benchmark study that examines the performance of seven rapid prototyping systems in the areas of time, cost and quality.

Free Copy available from this link to
Todd Grimm.

Concepts 3D & 2D design software,
ripe with professional features,
yet easy to use and learn !

New Version 3 released with MicroScibe support

INUS Technology authorise Patrick Thorn & Co as one of their UK resellers

INUS Technology (of Seoul, South Korea), who develops cutting edge 3D scanning and reverse modeling solutions, has enrolled Patrick Thorn & Co into its world wide reseller program. Working with leaders in scanning technologies such as Minolta, Roland DG and Immersion, Patrick Thorn & Co can help broaden the user base of RapidForm users in the UK.

Konica Minolta UK appoint New value added reseller

Patrick Thorn & Co, are one of Konica-Minolta's UK value added resellers for the Vivid scanning products. For several years both companies have shared an interest, now that Mayka (by Picasoft, which PT&Co are distributors) has added 5 axis machining of polygon data, this has opened up more potential markets for the Minolta scanner, especially in the sculptural markets.

Minolta 3D Scanner.

Filemaker Training & Development
(The ones we use all the time)

Modelmaking supplies expecially for architectural models

Vacuum Forming & Packaging Machines

MORE BARGAINS
and Parts

Most of the solutions we offered on the Macintosh platform were designed for Mac OS9 and below. Some of these still work on OSX under the Classic enviroment. New softwares for design etc are now available for native OSX users.

Now with the Intel Core Duo processor on new Mac's, plus the price of a copy of Windows and some of our time, we have the solution to run the Roland included Windows applications on your favourite Macintosh, without any noticable loss of performance, even on a MacMini.

Today we solutions for Roland GX24 vinyl cutters, EGX Engravers, MDX milling machines and VersaCAMM printer cutters. In addition with Concepts Unlimited you can digitise with a Microscribe simply and easily. Contact us for your complete solution.

Who are we ?

We feel a few words here will tell you about us and what we do. Established in 1991 with an engineering background based on computer controlled machine tools (CNC) and the ability to drive them from a computer, we started in the realms of CADCAM solutions. Soon this progressed into other areas of cutting using routers, mills, engravers, lasers and cutter plotters. In early 1991 we started working with Roland DG Corporation on their cutting machines, this rapidly progressed and Roland appointed us as one of just four CAMM Centers in the British Isles. Naturally, Roland, insist on high standards of product knowledge, training and support --- this accelerated us to the level of "Roland Premier Solution Providers" to supply both the retail and educational markets. As well as being one of the UK's leading experts in the Roland CAMM range, with a thorough knowledge of the associated software, we were the only UK "Roland Premier Solution Providers " which specialised on the Apple Macintosh and Power PC platforms, as well as solutions for Microsoft Windows. 2003 saw a major change in the market for us with Roland products, as Roland DG UK Ltd decided to sell direct to the end user. July 1st 2003, Roland DG (UK) Ltd, appointed us as their exclusive consultants for the range of Roland Premier 3D products within the UK. To compliment the new Roland Direct sales there is a new 3D showroom based in Slough, with all the Roland 3D equipment on show and ready for us to arrange an appointment to see the products you want. With this in place you the client gets the best of both worlds with years of product knowledge and manufactures support, and support is key to any solution we provide. We are really pleased to be part of the Roland DG UK team and look forward to your continued business.

Additional references have put us on the global map, as distributors and suppliers of other leading complimentary products from the likes of Free Soft's FreeSign product range for vinyl cutting and digital printing, ILLOM's Cutline, Immersion's Premier Partner for MicroScribe digitisers, McNeel's Rhinoceros 3D CAD, Concepts by CSI, TechGems, Minolta Scanners, Thermwood 5 axis routers, Multiaxe 5 axis mills and Yamazen's milling machines. In addition to PicaSoft SA's Mayka, Stenza, Stenza Capture, HandyCut, HandyScan and Maquette Volume which we support and distribute world-wide.
Our business is giving you an edge over your competitors with a total solution.

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Patrick Thorn & Co

revised 23/06/2008