Originally Posted by
FUBAR62172
Hey Guys
I have a small home based machine shop and I'm interested in getting into plasma cutting.I've seen a new 2 X 4 plasmacam goes around $7K is that typical with other machines? I thought I saw an ad for torchmate for appx $4K but I can't be sure.Also where do you usually find work for these machines? I can think of alot of custom stuff but I'd like to find some steady work so it pays for itself.Thanks for any info :bat:
A short few years (apx 3) ago I was faced with a similar situation. I was doing what I thought was all the parts I needed to do with an old Linde pantograph machine.
In short I decided to build a 5 X 10 CNC of my own. Just for my own work. Once in place & the word of mouth got out to other businesses. I now have a man hired & the table is running full time. Not only that I am in need of a larger machine.
Everyone's market is different. In my area I'd go broke waiting on walk-in work. I deal with other industry & production quantitys of CNC torch parts.
If it works.....Don't fix it!