Originally Posted by
Robert Bonenfant
Hey Kirk,
The machine you are looking at will not make you any money - Maybe a lucky few will chime in but the chances of you making profit off this machine is slim. This machine is for hobbyist and is great for new comers into cnc routeing and it will help you understand and get a feel for the industry. You can make a few signs But thats about it sadly. It doesn't have the power or speed or reliability to even start to match up to a commercial machine. I would suggest farming out your cnc work until you have enough to get into a commercial machine (50K Plus). Its a hard field to jump into but once you can get a commercial machine and you hustle up the work you can make alot of money. Without a heavy duty machine its just not worth the effort to make something that takes an hour to make - your neighbor with a commercial router can cut it 5 minutes. 50 ipm vs 1500 ipm big diffrence - my current machine cuts well upto 600 ipm and we still want to move faster, diffrence from completing 1 job a day to completing three or four a day with the same man power.