im appreciate the moderator and the patience he had practiced in all of this.
i participate in severak other forums on cabinetmaking ,finishing, business and now cnc machinery
personally i expect a lively, frank open and honest opportunity to exchange ideas and make informed decisions based on my own findings.
carvin marvin i think you posted that you had purchased one of these machines and were having trouble of some kind. i see now you are purchasing
a warthog which i have looked at and have not ruled it out. are you purchasing an additional machine or have you solved your problem with the chinese machine?.
rocket
i have been involved in the architectural woodwork trade for a while in my area. a while back i tried an idea for some products that we templated and carved by portable routers and hand. i have seen shops with multiple
machines and realize that in the way i think there will be multiple machines
in my future. i have always practiced redundancy on this i have all porter cable routers and bosch cordless drills (matching batterie systems!!) mulitiple unisaws with extra motors etc. sure i could out source (no fun)
1)i am looking for the machine that will give me the ability to do the work at hand
2)be resonably simple to operate and allow an operator an opportunity to earn a decent living beyond feeding his or her family.
3)i also see the cnc as a safer alternative to our methods ( i stuck my right thumb in a tablesaw twice last year )
4)the ability to replace parts and stay function with a minimum of downtime
every part it takes to build and operate a cnc machine is within an hour
of me.
5) our experience with the learning curve with the brandt edge bander
(German and bought brand new) all of the problems we were to have
with it happened at the outset (encoders failed in the first month)
the actual cost of the downtime and resulting issues woud have been
enough to buy us another machine CASH. my employees are absolutly
involved in this decision and are dictating that the machine be new.
6) i did not see the post that you refer to as defamitory to the chinese.
in your response on this thread you refered to some kind of private
message and i agreed with the moderators removal of you post
( i get hot headed or passionate too!!) but i feel your removal of all of
your post was not a good idea as it was good info and was an important
part of allof this exchange and thread sorta borders on censorship.
personally ( i believe the problems we have here in the states are our
own fault and greed) we have this great movement to shrink government
in our country. i thought this was a good idea. in the end this is done
at the expence of teachers, law enforcement and watchdog regulators
who might could have prevented some of these problems.
years ago when the oceans were much safer i sailed around the
mediterranian ocean on a beautiful schooner with apair of
australian brothers robert and oshmar scales if you see um tell em
i had agreat time
cabnet