Shopping for a small CNC machine...

[ddrueding]

Looking for a small (6" cube?) CNC machine capable of working with all metals and plastics. Does anyone have suggestions on where to start?

 

[Bozo]

Google??

Bozo :mrgrn:

 

[Howell]

Looking for a small (6" cube?) CNC machine capable of working with all metals and plastics. Does anyone have suggestions on where to start?

The smallest one you are going to be able to find will be around 20" cube. It will cost a lot.

 

[ddrueding]

Looking for a small (6" cube?) CNC machine capable of working with all metals and plastics. Does anyone have suggestions on where to start?

The smallest one you are going to be able to find will be around 20" cube. It will cost a lot.

A lot is a relative thing. Too much for a hobby? Yep. Too much if there's a profit involved? Perhaps not.

 

[Craiglc1]

As funny as it sounds...check Ebay. There is a store here which sells old Pratt & Whitney equipment usually still in working shape. Of course much of it is 3 phase wired. The "surplus" store as it was called has now started putting the good stuff on ebay effectively ruining the fun for the locals. Keep an eye out in local things like craigs list and backpage.com if its in your area. Lots of little shops will upgrade from time to time to provide you with an opportunity

 

[mubs]

DD, you may want to check this 3-D printer out.

 

[LOST6200]

Why doo you need to buy it? what are you making that cannot be better contrateced out?

 

[ddrueding]

Why doo you need to buy it? what are you making that cannot be better contrateced out?

When producing a large volume of one of a kind pieces, outsourcing can be very expensive.

 

[Pradeep]

DD, you may want to check this 3-D printer out.

I've seen that in action at a trade show in Florida. Pretty impressive. However the cost of the "ink" that it uses is pretty expensive (they had a copy of a PS2 controller, came to about $300-$400 in materials). It's mostly for rapid prototyping usage.