Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "lcdpublishing"
<lcdpublishing@...> wrote:
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Mucha" <dave_mucha@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "lcdpublishing"
> > <lcdpublishing@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Probably not.....
> > > 
> > > For motorspinners
> > > For people that are cheap
> > > A $150.00 machine
> > > A $500.00 machine
> > > Avaiable at your local Best Buy
> > > Made from junkyard scrap
> > > 
> > > 
> > > http://www.lpkfusa.com/protomat/s42.htm
> > > 
> > > I wonder how much this one costs?
> > > 
> > > Chris
> > 
> > ever hear the saying  "If ya have to ask ?"
> > 
> > Dave
> 
> 
> LOL!
> 
> You got that right!  I am sure it's at least as expensive as Steve 
> stated.  Then there are the options :-)


The basic price is $10,000 USD to start.  The T-Tech (competitor)
discounts that by 40%, so their minimum-stareter machine-only is
roughtly $6,000 and the software is another $1,000.

I have seen used ones go on -E-bay for $4,000 !

There is the larger table,
the vacuum table
high speed spindle
super-high speed spindle.
tool changer.....

Yup, you can empty your budget with no problem.

Yearly maintenance is only about $2,000, and covers the service, I
think parts are extra.

But, if you are paying your design guys $50/hr and have to wait 2 days
for a proto-board to come back, the cost for one board could be $1,000
for each board. imagine one a week or so ?  the cost to do it in-house
can be recovered in a year.

Dave