Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Starting Out With ~$2000.00

Providing some parameters to your question would make it easier to answer.
What does wood routing mean to you? A 1/8 inch diameter cutter slowly
cutting a piece of pine or a 1/2 inch diameter cutter ripping through oak?
How big an area do you hope to be cutting? What would be the deepest cut?

I agree with the previous response. If you are very patient and very
involved, you probably will not use all the $2000.00 you have available. A
larger, stronger, faster machine that must be completed sooner will cost
more.

Start by making some sketches of the parts the machine will cut. Sketch a
machine that is capable of making the part. Set a timetable for
construction. This information will guide you to a reasonalbe estimate of
the cost.

I have read several posts describing the frustration of completing a machine
building project quickly and inexpensively only to find that the result was
a slow machine with a spindle that stalled often. I am way behind on my
machine building efforts but as I continue to learn I am more and more
confident that I will be satisfied with the result when I get it constructed
(current estimate is 1 - 2 years, time and money goes to family and home
first).

I am an experienced CNC Field Service Engineer and former Industrial
Engineer. I will offer suggestions to help you when I see your posts as you
pursue your project.

Have a good day!

Jim

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From: "John" <fik123@...>
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Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Starting Out With ~$2000.00


> > >I am looking for advise on how best to get started. I have a
> budget of ~$2000.00. I am mostly interested in Wood Routing.
>
> My question is, with a budget of ~$2000.00, is there a near-turn-key
> CNC Wood Routing solution I should be looking at or am I in the
> do-it-yourself bracket? The cost of a PC is not an issue for me as I
> have plenty of PCs.
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> Here is how I see this. Philosophically not finanaclially.
>
> IT is all about how much and where you put your effort.
> A clever, well educated farm boy with a two year electronics degree
> can make everything you describe for less than a hundred bucks of salvage.
>
> Someone else will buy all the INFO and parts...and enjoty ebaying the
> day away.
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> Where do you want to spend your time?
> Making machines or making parts/art?
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> There is no compromise. You will build a machine or you will build
> parts/art. The machine might be the Art......
> You can spend your time writing software revisions or designing art.
> Where we each cheap out is our own choice but the cost will be/is the
> same. Time spent.
>
> What do you want to do? Have some fun, waste some time and money, but
> enjoy yourself and make sure you are doing what you enjoy? Trying to
> justify it with the bean counter approach won't fool us, we have
> shelves and shelves of the same idea.<G>
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> Welcome.
> J
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