Well, I finally started my shop.
 

1364square feet (only 1080 is shop) in a complex in burlington. i don't have much, but will be getting a small lathe, some drill presses and tooling this weekend... will also be getting a real bandsaw and air compressor and some more damn outlets in the next week probably. hopefully within the first year i will have a cnc, the limiting factor though is going to be the small door for it to fit thru so it will have to be quite small.

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Looks like a great start! I heard hotrex is looking for a welder in case you need a partner :7

Don't let your door be the limiting factor for your CNC mill! Let only your wallet limit that, and get a bigger door :6

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Damn that's pretty nice. Just don't go out Hotrex style Aaron. lol.

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for real....iv nockd wals down to get a couch in before...... id definatly wouldnt let a door be the limithing factor on you cnc

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nice, how much u pay for the space?

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Just to think...it all runs off of one 120v strip oultet, a inverter and a car battery.

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30 amps worth of 575v 3 phase. ;) the mill only draws 2.5 amps so i shouldn't outgrow it any time soon.

i have a 2 year lease, i'd move before i install a bigger door... if one of the other units with a larger door becomes available it might be an option... the other crappy thing is dock loading. i'd probably start with a smaller cnc anyhow (30x16 range).

i don't plan on doing car related stuff for the most part. i plan on using my background as a tool and die maker to keep myself busy with general maching/ fabrication and hopefully some light tooling repair stuff. the car stuff will just be filler work for when things are slow.

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Burlington, VT?

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When's the meet? lol .

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Congrats and good luck man :6

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i wonder if thats what a tweeker thinks heaven looks like

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Best of luck Aaron. :D

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Best Homer voice "MMMMM Three Phase"

I bet I could get 3 phase in my pole barn as a know a few farmers around here have big mills. But I'm afraid to ask how much it would cost me :o .

Good luck
Randy

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575 Volts. what kinda ---- is out there? in all my years ive never seen it. 277/480 120/208 12470 and 4160 is all i have ever had to deal with. i think europe is like 240/347. take some pictures of the equipment. im curious of whats so special about it.

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Whats the alarm code please?


Looks sweet! Good luck with your own business! I have been doing it for 12 years, and its still hard.

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nice shop! i hope my garage looks like that one day.

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YES

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canadian voltage. :S not sure why we are different from you guys... some people call it 600v but it is actually 575v.

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Nice start to the new shop Aaron. Good luck with everything.

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How is the phasing labeled there
120/208 Black Red Blue white neutral
120/240 Black Orange(High Leg 208 to ground) Blue
277/480 Brown Orange Yellow grey neutral

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Hey HMT-VT! I'm just south in Bennington. Nice start on the shop. You should definatly get a CNC mill. We have a new HAAS vertical CNC mill at my college. I think it only cost them 28,000 roughly. Decent price for such a piece of equipment.

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Thats ------ awesome, congratulations. How much does something like that cost ballpark, it would be a ------- dream come true to open a shop like that.

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I think you will do better with being able to do both Auto and no-auto related work. Are you just in a large building with rows of shops?

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yes, it is a complex of 4 buildings with about 15 units in each one, all less than 3000 square feet each. rent is $1200/month, insurance is $300/month and utilities are extra as well.

sorry guys, Burlington, ONTARIO, CANADA.

i'm not sure on the electrical labelling, my dad is the electrician who has wired most of the stuff up for me.

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Hey wier. Home made CNC for a home made turbo shop. lmao
http://www.cnczone.com/
I'd going to fall over dead from laughing if you buy a HF mill & convert it to CNC. hahahahaha

major cgts on the shop.

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Congrats dood! ive got family in burlington, will have to stop and check it out when im out there again in the summer.

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Congrats roughly the same size has my shop maybe I should actually take pics of mine. Damn that rent is high. 550 for mine and I have an ungodly amount of land with it. Water and Trash are paid for mine has well. Good luck. Adapter plates again I hope.

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need an assistant?

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Im 20min away, whats the adress I will swing buy some time

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give me a shout on my cell during business hours. 905-802-4703

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will do

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+1

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very nice, i got to come see it one day, if you need a web site i can help you out.

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Super nice man. I remeber a few years ago when you said a full blown shop was out of the question, yet it was a dream of yours. Looks like its a real deal now.

interested in making a flange to adapt toyota throttle bodies to a honda head?

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looks good aaron. congrats

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Whats the address? What hours are you going to keep there? Im out there from time to time.. That and a friend of mine (lives in Toronto) is going to need a few things made for his CBR600 turbo project

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sounds like a fun project. :D
905-802-4703 call any time. i'm at the shop all day most days and i always answer at that #.

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Glad to hear man. I know you talked to me a while ago about wanting to do this.

Gonna have to take a swing by sometime and see the operations. He maybe if I can talk my work into driving the 2hrs we'll get our machine done by you!

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damn i'm jealous, very nice

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Looks nice, great start