"or retired person who enjoys it maybe could make and sell a few
castings ?"
If there was enough people that may want a couple each or something to make it worth my time-I would be the retired person willing to make a few. But, like I said, there would have to be enough to make it worth doing.
Doc
--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, Brad Stogsdill <bstogsdill1@...> wrote:
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> I think the only way to make it worth one's while is to make mutliple sets-Â try to automate... you have to take out the manual laboer..there is just not enought time unless you do not have to work for a living already.. maybe a kid at home over summer or retired person who enjoys it maybe could make and sell a few castings ?Â
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> I have been side tracked on my shaper... I have issues with my patterns and castings and decided to stop casting and make a working 3 axis router to make nice patterns form a drawing.. then I need to perfect my molding skills and then I can hope for a pretty casting.
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> I got to thinking if I achieve producing nice patterns on the CNC I could then make whole pattern kit for a specific gingery machine ( that is let the router make it automatically so it wont require much time for me after I program the 1st one and debug it) and then sell the pattern kits on ebay and if the market price will allow me to make a few $, then maybe I can make my CNC router pay for itself hopefully before I wear it out...
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> The really neat thing I think is that you can take a plain looking pattern and fancy it up and make it look really slick using CAD and then create a casting with your name or something written in it.
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> I like doing the Gingery thing and making stuff for hobby/personal use but there is some expense to fabricating these machines, both in time and money. Â
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> If I can come up with a way to make any of these machines pay for them selves, then the only issue is the time requirement and you can use money, if you have it, to save time... Then if I have more time or money, I can invest in more equipment for the shop... :)
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> I have stepper motors and driver and power supply in transit right now for router!Â
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> Regards
> Bradley
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> From: Brite <coldtoo2000@...>
> Subject: [gingery_machines] Re: On Shaper Castings Question ...
> To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, October 24, 2010, 9:49 PM
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> --- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, "Wonk" <tiwonk@> wrote:
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> > Trouble is who wants to do this as a low paying business? I'm not one to be greedy but think that for most of us this is a hobby and once you start charging you should do so at the going rate and think about taxes, business license, etc.
> > My offer still stands that I will loan out my patterns with deposit & shipping if someone wants to cast them.
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> > --- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, "Brite" <coldtoo2000@> wrote:
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> > > Hello All,
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> > > Crackerfactory had asked about Shaper castings. I've been looking over Book 3 and looks like there are about 24 separate castings for ~40 lbs of alum.
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> > > This is easily 40 to 60 hrs of work for a guy like me, even if the pattern were already available.
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> > > One could prolly cut it down to the 15 or so large castings and make up other parts from stock, which would save some work.
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> > > So I'd have to say that $300-500 would be the lower starting point for castings from even a very generous soul. At twice that cost (caster just making "wages" for his time), it still wouldn't be a bad price for a "Shaper Kit"
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