CNC for beginners...well..sort of.
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CNC for beginners...well..sort of.
On 4/7/2012 12:22 AM, Robatoy wrote:
https://www.inventables.com/technolo...-kits-shapeoko Rob, do you have any experience with Legacy CNC products? http://www.legacycncwoodworking.com/ The owner was giving a seminar at the woodworking show in Houston which I quite enjoyed, and his machines looked very nice, but I really don't have any idea how they stack up to the competition. -- Any given amount of traffic flow, no matter how sparse, will expand to fill all available lanes. To reply, eat the taco. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/ |
CNC for beginners...well..sort of.
On Apr 7, 9:43*am, Steve Turner
wrote: On 4/7/2012 12:22 AM, Robatoy wrote: https://www.inventables.com/technolo...-kits-shapeoko Rob, do you have any experience with Legacy CNC products? http://www.legacycncwoodworking.com/ The owner was giving a seminar at the woodworking show in Houston which I quite enjoyed, and his machines looked very nice, but I really don't have any idea how they stack up to the competition. -- Any given amount of traffic flow, no matter how sparse, will expand to fill all available lanes. To reply, eat the taco.http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/ I am a little familiar with their older, tuning/router systems and found them to be well-made. Pricy, but well made. The one important question you have to ask yourself is: what you plan to do with it. And in what quantities. I think the Legacy is very much geared towards a production shop and is likely priced that way. A very wise man, who shall remain nameless (Morris) once told me that once I acquired a CNC, I would have no idea where it would take me. I bought it to do sink-cut-outs for my countertop shop and now am cutting complex 3D signs for a handful of local sign artists, who used to carve these kinds of signs by hands, sometimes taking weeks what I can do in a day (and better too). So he was right. Another piece of advice was that I should take the plunge and buy a CNC with a spindle as router-based machines are just not designed to run 5-8 hours at the time. I am very glad I took that plunge. One thing I could have done differently, was to have bought a smaller bed. I like that I have a 4 x 8 footer, but a 32" x 24" would have done 75% of my tasks saving a boat-load of cash. I would give the ShopBot Buddy a serious look as the current software allows tiling with high precision. One should be able to have a 2HP spindle CNC for under $10K. And 10K ain't what it used to be. I'm sure the Legacy is nice, looks good, love the idea of an A-Axis and uses the exact same bearings as my General, a company which has also just introduced a smaller machine. HTH |
CNC for beginners...well..sort of.
On Apr 7, 1:22*am, Robatoy wrote:
https://www.inventables.com/technolo...-kits-shapeoko I've been looking at the hobbyist CNC mill designs for a while now, and have pretty much settled on this design (Shapeoko). I was rather disappointed that the price for the full kit was so much more than the $300 price-point originally envisioned --- getting $649 past the finance committee is a bit more awkward. It would help if they'd offer an option to purchase the kit in sections --- the hardware for $195 first, then the electronics, then the router and bits and base. William |
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