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

Hi Mark:
I bought a used Defiance VMC in 1999.
The machine without toolchanger cost me $15000.00 USD and was the best
investment I ever made.
I earned the cost of the machine back in two months, and I've pumped close
to 300 grand through it since then.
I'm an industrial designer and a moldmaker, so I do this kind of work all
the time.
I haven't farmed out more than a grand or so to the Stereolith guys since I
got the machine, and my prototypes are far nicer too.
Sure is nice to keep it all in-house!!
If your machine is in good condition, you really can't go wrong for 5
thousand bucks.
On the other hand, if it's a junker, you can drop easily 5 grand into it
again.
Ask me sometime about "Marcus' Folly"...the original Monarch 10 EE from
Hell!!
Cheetrs

Marcus

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Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 9:32 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] HELP - about to buy Matsuura MC-500V


> 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?
>
> 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).
>
> ANY opinions welcomed.....
> Thanks,
> Mark