Re: Making money from CNC - in a home enviroment

ooops... in that last post:
substitute there for their...geesh

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Bloy2004" <jmnotions@c...>
wrote:

>
> Hi John,
> I haven't made any money yet, but once word got around in this
> small community that I had a machine, I got many questions

directed

> to me such as..."can you make this for me?"....especially from
> relatives :) I'm a woodworker (the machine is for metal) so my

time

> is spent getting wood projects out the door.
> You could also try:
> www.cnczone.com
> Many their will reply with ways they have made money from their

home-

> made machine investments.
>
> Bloy
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "John Heritage"
> <john.heritage@v...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wanted to ask how many of the members have been sucessful in
> making some money, or a living, back from their interest in CNC.
> >
> > CNC and physical productivity has always been something that's
> really interested me and I'd like to be able to do something that

I

> enjoy as a job. However, I'm a bit unsure of just how achievable
> this is when looking towards the competition.
> >
> > To keep this thread within the bounds of CCED, I mean CNC
> equipment that can realistically be owned by a home user. That
> doesn't require 50MW for the spindle alone, cost a million dollars
> or require a degree in mathematics to run. Rather plasma tables,
> converted knee mills, desktop mills and such.
> >
> > What makes me wonder is that the highest earning work is being
> done on machines tens of times quicker and stronger than something
> like a converted knee mill.
> >
> > So, I'd be really interest to hear if anyone has managed to

turn

> CNC at home into something they can make something back from.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > John
> >
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