I bought a Shapeoko as some of you may know. I've progressed pretty well on it producing everything I wanted to do so far, with the help of Mick Simon here in Santa Fe, and Eric one of Mick's VCarve students, as well as Will at Shapeoko customer support, and John at PreciseBits.
I have been posting my projects on my YouTube channel as well as my Facebook. My facebook has lots of classical guitar makers. There is a huge difference between classical guitar and steel string guitar. In the steel String and electric guitar universe a CNC is widely accepted if not a must have, however the classical guitar world is far more old school and traditional, and CNC use is rather suspect. It looks as though this is all about to change.
I've seemed to spark an interest in CNC use for classical guitar. My motto is "resistance is futile" .... ha ha!
In the last month I've had 6 guys tell me they are going to buy a CNC, and two guys wrote me this morning in Europe asking my advice on what machine to buy.
They all want the Shapeoko, but Perhaps Will can tell me if they have dealers in Europe. If not, what equivalent CNC can people recommend in Europe. The VAT import duties and shipping make the price of a Shapeoko prohibitive, unless there are dealers there.
So what does the collective recommend for under $3000?