# Anyone in Chicago?
**URL:** https://community.inventables.com/t/anyone-in-chicago/10895
**Category:** Meta
**Created:** [July 20, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/anyone-in-chicago/10895 "2015-07-20T17:59:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@MichaelUna](https://community.inventables.com/u/MichaelUna)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/anyone-in-chicago/10895/1 "2015-07-20T17:59:32Z")
Hi all. Is anyone here in/around Chicago? If so, what are you using your X-Carve for? I handle Marketing for Inventables and am always looking for interesting stories to tell about our customers. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@DennisMartin](https://community.inventables.com/u/DennisMartin)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/anyone-in-chicago/10895/2 "2015-07-20T18:14:57Z")
Hey Michael! I’m in La Porte IN about 50 miles from Inventables. Just trying to finish up my X Carve. I’m going to use mine for everything! Inlays, carving cabinet doors, small boxes. Anything I think would look cool carved! I’m an extreme CNC noobie, but have woodworking for a lot of years. Not sure if I have anything interesting to tell, but I’m here.
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### Author:  [@TonyNo](https://community.inventables.com/u/TonyNo)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/anyone-in-chicago/10895/3 "2015-07-20T19:01:23Z")
Far, NW suburbs here. Just trying to cut costs on prototyping acrylic parts (normally laser-cut). Maybe low-volume production, too.
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### Author:  [@JeremyDecker](https://community.inventables.com/u/JeremyDecker)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/anyone-in-chicago/10895/4 "2015-07-20T23:24:45Z")
I’m in downers Grove. I’m using it to make some tooling for winding RFID antenna coils. Bet you haven’t seen that one before 🙂
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### Author:  [@MichaelUna](https://community.inventables.com/u/MichaelUna)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/anyone-in-chicago/10895/5 "2015-07-22T16:10:55Z")
Wow, these are all really interesting. If you guys get a chance, can you post some photos of your projects?
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### Author:  [@TonyNo](https://community.inventables.com/u/TonyNo)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/anyone-in-chicago/10895/6 "2015-07-22T18:40:38Z")
The first, real thing I tried was a small, PCB enclosure. Just the bottom survived (the top came loose during cutting). 90° v-grooves for folding the sides up. The top will need to have both sides machined, one for the v-grooves, and the other for a legend and logo.
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### Author:  [@JeremyDecker](https://community.inventables.com/u/JeremyDecker)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/anyone-in-chicago/10895/7 "2015-07-31T18:23:41Z")
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### Author:  [@MichaelUna](https://community.inventables.com/u/MichaelUna)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/anyone-in-chicago/10895/8 "2015-08-10T21:38:54Z")
Jeremy, what are you winding those coils for? Now I’m really curious as to what your project is!
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### Author:  [@ChrisWundram](https://community.inventables.com/u/ChrisWundram)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/anyone-in-chicago/10895/9 "2015-08-10T21:58:21Z")
Oh, here is another Chicago project (south loop). Just working on upgrading an X-Carve to be able to work with aluminium. I am now starting to get some good results. I started with some simple turner’s cubes, but the goal is to create some geometric sculptures with aluminum, and maybe some kinetic sculptures with non circular gears.
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### Author:  [@JeremyDecker](https://community.inventables.com/u/JeremyDecker)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/anyone-in-chicago/10895/10 "2015-08-10T22:01:06Z")
They are antennas, so the shape, dimensions, and number of turns is important. The finished antenna goes into a product we manufacture used in motorcycle racing applications where the factory part that normally housed the antenna was removed for weight reduction or crash survivability reasons. I can’t really discuss in more detail than that, but the xcarve is great because we can quickly try many different size and shape antennas by making our own tooling in just a matter of minutes.