Chris,
Thank you very much. That's support and encouragement. Those
are fine things to have when trying something like this.
I believe that sooner or later someone will come up with a
small cheap machine and have a fair bit of success with it.
Even if it's not us, it'll be something for the next guy to
study and see what did or didn't work out.
There are lots of things these little machines will make.
Panels for electronics, enclosures, 2.5D standoffs, lamp holders,
electroplating jigs, parts holders and jigs...
An endless list of things.
We think there are lots of people who'd be very good at Using
a small machine who'd have no interest at all in how it was
made.
But it IS a thing made of MDF. You can't really make that look
like something of great value. It's likely as simple as it could
possibly be. We are using a few assembly techniques that I haven't
seen before, so it should work out very well.
Naturally, we'd like to make them look as nice as we can.
So, some pictures will be circulating pretty soon.
Thank you Chris,
John Hansford
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "lcdpublishing"
<lcdpublishing@...> wrote:
>
> John and Dave,
>
> You guys have been around these groups for a long time now, you have
> a feel for what's what, what people want, what people expect, and
> what your own abilities are. Going into something like this the way
> you just stated is about the best possible avenue. Have fun with
> it, if it goes somewhere, cool, if not, cool, hopefully you had fun
> along the way. Learn from the others that have invested thousands
> of dollars, quit their jobs, then come back to complain when it went
> about as good as it could - pretty bad.
>
> Whatever you do, just have fun with it. It will be your biggest
> reward. I wish you all the success that you expect from this
> venture! Now darn it, show us your machine :-))))))))
>
> Chris
>
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "John Hansford" <kz1927@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Well, There is a bottom line here. Dave and I are making the
> > machine regardless of whether anyone thinks it's a bad idea
> > or not. If it's a futile attempt, we're doing it anyway. If
> > it's a total waste of time, effort, and money.. Again, we're
> > still going to try.
> >
> > It's entirely possible that we'll fail, be made fun of, and
> > have no support at all from the CNC community. That's part
> > of it and we thoroughly understand that.
> >
> > It's quite the challenge to make one machine for most. Imagine
> > the challenge we've decided to take on.
> >
> > We're not asking any and all to buy a cheap machine made of
> > MDF. It's probably of no use at all for many/most people on
> > this list.
> >
> > It has been pointed out before, that many people never get
> > around to actually building Any machine. They have their
> > motors and controllers, but it's a different thing to sift
> > through all the information that's out there on making a
> > working tool. If those people had ANY machine, they'd be
> > another step ahead.
> >
> > Our machine has been in the works for over a year. It's
> > nothing spectacular or particularly innovative. We think
> > it's a good, useful, design and it'll stand or fall on it's
> > own.
> >
> > We aren't thinking that we're starting a big internet business.
> > We're just two guys trying to have fun doing something we like.
> >
> > There's NOT "big bucks" to be made. We know that.
> >
> > We DO greatly appreciate support of any kind.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John Hansford
>