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Hello again,

Actually I'm back here to get a fresh report on any interest in the
PCB mill/drill I described some time back.

If you replied before, I still have your name on the list; but since
it's been awhile, I'd like to update the list.

The reason is that I've found an investor who is also interested in
the PCB aspects of that machine. So what happened since last post?

The machine structure is made of 12GA sheet steel, laser cut and
pressbrake formed. Then painted and silkscreened. To do this in
small quantities will not allow the 500-800 buck price to be met. I
was working with another man til recently to bring some OTHER non-
PCB aimed cnc products to market (profits from which would allow
these PCB mills, I call them roadrunners to be made at the desired
price point), but the has not kept our agreements.

Now the new investor would prefer that we make the design he had
original interest in; so I'm asking to see if the quantity desired
would allow that. Otherwise we'll need to introduce some of the
other things first, as was planned before...

I had 35 folks here who were seriously interested in a 500 buck
10x10x2-1/2 PCB mill/drill which could do drilling, isolation, front
panel engraving, and with added parts; Pick n Place, rotary axis
items, vinyl cutting, etc.

A search of "500 buck" in the archive here should turn up the
details, so I won't waste bandwidth repeating them here.

If you're still seriously interested in a small, precise,
inexpensive, capable PCB oriented CNC machine; please let me know
ASAP offlist.

Thank you,

Ballendo

P.S. BTW, Seriously interested means you'd spend 500 bucks between
now and the end of the year to have one. (Some of youknow that steel
prices have shot through the roof inth elast year. I am currently
checking into the effect of that upon the 500 buck price. Consider
that it might become 550-or 600... (let me know if that's a deal-
breaker when you reply.)