Hi All,
I make campers and hand make all the cabinets. They need to be super lightweight so I use a skeleton frame and 16mm balsa ply. It's very time consuming.
I want to move to CNC cut pieces so I can cut a honeycomb out of the hidden carcass to reduce the weight and increase accuracy and reduce time. It would also allow pre-drilling of hinge holes and latch holes which would save another days work.
I only make 1 camper a month which uses 5 sheets of 16mm ply - so low use but it would save me a lot of time using CNC
My neighbour in this factory complex has a Multicam, he's offered it to rent, but doesn't have it setup for ply, doesn't have time to set it up, and I need to buy the Enroute software. I've tried to move along this path but he's just too busy to invest time in setting up for my requirements.
So is there an option for renting machines at other premises? Can I generate a toolpath and take my sheets of ply to a CNC? What software? What's does a cheap, reliable setup with dust extraction cost? My neighbour mentioned $100k for his setup.
Thanks for any suggestions.