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I live in a place where it didn't really take off like some regions. There are a few with some equipment, but whenever I really inquired it was kind of "we have
by genmud 3y ago
I live in a place where it didn't really take off like some regions. There are a few with some equipment, but whenever I really inquired it was kind of "we have it, but nobody can use it themselves".
I totally understand though. People don't realize how expensive precision metalworking stuff is. And that's before you start to insure the place.
For something like a really rigid CNC (not a desktop sized one or for wood), someone needs to come up with a reasonable cost machine that can hold thous and has a spindle that isn't stupidly overpriced.
- pclmulqdq 3y agoCNC machines are roughly a commodity product, and the makers of CNCs are giving you the best they can on the price-quality-features curve. It's not that nobody is trying to give you great precision for cheap.
- mjb 3y agoRight. Even a machine like the Tormach 440, which is pretty close to the minimal steel-cutting machine, contains nearly 200kg of cast iron. That, plus lead screws, motors, etc needed to move it around add up quickly. A while back I looked into building my own, and ended up with a Tormach because I couldn't compete on price. There are a couple near that price point now, but going transformatively cheaper seems very hard. Lathes are easier. The C4 class is both quite cheap and impressively capable (much more than the cheaper C3 mini lathe class).
- pclmulqdq 3y agoYeah, as a general rule, fewer moving parts makes a tool cheaper, and lathes are at one end while CNC mills are at the other.