Well, I finally started my shop.
02-23-2007, 11:43 AM
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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.
02-23-2007, 12:03 PM
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Re: Well, I finally started my shop.
Originally Posted by jagojon3
Don't let your door be the limiting factor for your CNC mill! Let only your wallet limit that, and get a bigger door
02-23-2007, 12:25 PM
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Re: Well, I finally started my shop.
Originally Posted by stillnoturbo
Just to think...it all runs off of one 120v strip oultet, a inverter and a car battery.
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.
02-23-2007, 02:35 PM
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Re: Well, I finally started my shop.
Originally Posted by weiRtech
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.
