Thanks for the response.
I'm in the preliminaries of putting together the game plan but here's what I
have:
[1] How big are the house panels and what materials in what sizes and
shapes are you wanting to cut?
standard 4'x8' sheets
[2] Do you want to automate just the cutting - or do you want
assembly, too?
initially no until I can prove the market and am up and running
and more experienced with which tools justify their cost
[3] What is your panel per day/hour/minute/second target?
again - too early to tell
[4] How much are you _willing_ to spend? :-)
how long is a piece of string? I was looking at initial start-up
of between $50k - $100k to include everything. I'd prefer something a little
more labour intensive at the start and then upgrade at a later date.
My last business was a stainless shop and I made the mistake of following my
ex-partner's suggestions on what tools to purchase, we bought all new
equipment which most of we barely used or could have purchases on the used
market for 25% .... but we still made very nice breweries. So am trying to
get a feel for what is out there (prior to sticking my foot in my mouth) and
what each level of automation costs/ production output.
Regards,
Darryl
"Morris Dovey" wrote in message
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BigD (in KGoaf.399662$tl2.384079@pd7tw3no) said:
| Hello All,
|
| I'm costing putting together a company to manufacture house panels
| and am looking for tool suggestions for cutting plywood & particle
| board in various configurations in a production type atmosphere
| (ie. preferably automated). Any suggestions on where to start my
| research would be greatly appreciated.
I'd suggest you start by narrowing the problem:
[1] How big are the house panels and what materials in what sizes and
shapes are you wanting to cut?
[2] Do you want to automate just the cutting - or do you want
assembly, too?
[3] What is your panel per day/hour/minute/second target?
[4] How much are you _willing_ to spend? :-)
It's fairly difficult to provide a meaningful answer without that
information.
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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html