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Made first money off of the CNC milling machine
Someone ordered 12 identical brass parts to be made and supplied
material. The biggest expense in terms of time was G code programming. The parts themselves took 4 minutes per pair to make, but setup time per part was at most 30 seconds, and I could do other things while the machine was working. i |
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Made first money off of the CNC milling machine
Ignoramus1796 wrote:
Someone ordered 12 identical brass parts to be made and supplied material. The biggest expense in terms of time was G code programming. The parts themselves took 4 minutes per pair to make, but setup time per part was at most 30 seconds, and I could do other things while the machine was working. Congratulations are in order. Wes |
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Made first money off of the CNC milling machine
On 2011-03-07, Wes wrote:
Ignoramus1796 wrote: Someone ordered 12 identical brass parts to be made and supplied material. The biggest expense in terms of time was G code programming. The parts themselves took 4 minutes per pair to make, but setup time per part was at most 30 seconds, and I could do other things while the machine was working. Congratulations are in order. Thanks Wes... i |
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Made first money off of the CNC milling machine
On 3/7/2011 8:58 AM, Ignoramus1796 wrote:
Someone ordered 12 identical brass parts to be made and supplied material. The biggest expense in terms of time was G code programming. The parts themselves took 4 minutes per pair to make, but setup time per part was at most 30 seconds, and I could do other things while the machine was working. i Made? Or first cash offset to loss? |
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Made first money off of the CNC milling machine
On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:23:07 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote: On 3/7/2011 8:58 AM, Ignoramus1796 wrote: Someone ordered 12 identical brass parts to be made and supplied material. The biggest expense in terms of time was G code programming. The parts themselves took 4 minutes per pair to make, but setup time per part was at most 30 seconds, and I could do other things while the machine was working. i Made? Or first cash offset to loss? It's just like fusion reactors.. you have to have scientific break-even before you can have engineering break-even. |
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