Mastercam Competition Gets a Boost

It’s time again for the Wildest Parts Competition, an annual contest sponsored by CNC Software, Inc. (Tolland, CT), the developers of Mastercam® CAD/CAM software, where students worldwide can enter their “wildest” part made in school this year in the competition and get a chance to win $1,000 and other prizes. They can submit any part they cut during the school year, and this year there are two different competitions open to any current student, team of students, or instructor programming with Mastercam. Last year, the winning students were Grayson Weber, who made a survival multitool, and Christian Ziruk, who made a deep sea AUV camera enclosure.

“We look for high quality, original parts that haven’t been made before, or parts that are familiar yet feature a unique, new design. We like eye-catching designs that would look nice on a display, because we do show them off at educational trade shows,” says Michelle Nemeth, a marketing specialist at CNC Software. “We’re always impressed by how innovative students can be with Mastercam, and we encourage students to really think beyond the norm. They may create something specifically to enter into the competition, or have already made something in school that would qualify.”

The deadline for the entries to the Wildest Parts Competition is June 30, 2018. For rules and entry forms, please click here.

This year, CNC Software has partnered with the Gene Haas Foundation (Oxnard, CA), Haas Factory Outlet Chicago (Elk Grove Village, IL) , and Haas Automation (Oxnard, CA) for a specific IMTS challenge called the Wildest Parts IMTS Edition, where entrants must submit an aerospace/rocket themed part to compete for up to $1,000 from Mastercam and $1,500 towards a scholarship for continuing education from the Gene Haas Foundation. The winning students and their parts will be celebrated at the IMTS Smartforce Student Summit in the Haas and Mastercam booths at this year’s trade show in Chicago. The Student Summit is for elementary through college students to learn about opportunities in manufacturing.

“This year, as we were planning our IMTS Student Summit presence, we decided it would be very cool to have a contest like the Wildest Parts Competition,” noted Kathy Looman from the Gene Haas Foundation. “Not only could talented students design and build projects, they would be able to inspire their peers by having the projects displayed at IMTS. So, we asked Mastercam if we could join forces this year and the rest was history!”

For rules and entry forms for the Wildest Parts IMTS Edition, please click here. The deadline for entries is June 30, 2018. Important rules for contestants:

1. The parts must be programmed with Mastercam.
2. For the IMTS competition, the part must be machined on a Haas machine.
3. All entries must be created during the 2017-2018 school year.
4. Applicable logos must be engraved on the part.
5. Part must be smaller than 1 cu ft, less than 42 in long, and less than 16 in tall.
6. No weapons or weapon replicas.
7. All designs become property of CNC Software.
8. The part should not be painted in any way that obscures the quality of the machining.
9. If three or fewer parts are entered in one division, CNC Software reserves the right to award prizes as it sees fit.
10. All entries must be received by June 30, 2018. Parts should be packaged well to avoid damage during shipment.

For complete rules and details about the awards, divisions, and judging criteria for these competitions, please click here or here.

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