Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] HELP - about to buy Matsuura MC-500V

none listed wrote:

>Just about to purchse a Matsuura MC-500V - one of the smaller vmcs
>with a changer. I'm about to pay $5500 for it, delivered with a
>phase convertor, tool holders and some tooling.
>
>Is this a good deal?
>

It makes me want to pound nails into my head! You have to ask????!!!

>
>Do you think that I can make $250 a month with it so it can pay for
>itself?
>
>I want to do proto machining for my ideas, but also want to have it
>pay for itself ($250/mo).
>
>
>

Only you can answer this. Do you have a product now, and customers
ready to buy? Then the answer is yes. Are you going to set up a part-time
job shop? The answer could be a strong no, if you don't already have a
good network of contracts. Also, do you know how to diagnose and
fix problems in this machine? If you have to call the service rep in
your area, it could cost you more than $5500 to just get him on site!
I'm not saying it is unreliable, but things do break, and CNC service
seems to run about the same $/Hr rate as open heart surgery!

(I know Bill is going to be all over me for even answering this post.
So, maybe tell us something about your shop, what you plan to make
with it, etc.)

Jon