Hey guys, not sure if I'm posting in the right section.
I'm a young CNC machinist I currently work as a CNC operator/programmer/setup person at a jobber shop which I am happy at. I get paid pretty decent for some one of my education level I think (~40k). I have schooling behind my belt, I am in my early 20's living in Canada, BC.
So to get to the point, what I can do:
- Program all Haas CNC Machine's (Lathes,Mills)
- Minor experience with programming on Okuma's, but enough to make a decent part though it may take me a little bit
longer than programming on Haas
- Able to operate Okuma, Haas without any trouble at all
- Can manually program as well as with Solidworks, Mastercam fairly quick and rarely any error's
- Very minimal experience with Gibbscam but with a little more time with it I should be alright
Here's what I have access to:
- Mastercam and Solidworks
- All my tools (Edge finder, precision measuring tools, dial indicator's, and a calculator )
- Advice from highly experienced CNC machinist's/programmer's
I may have forgotten a few thing's but it'll come when I think of them. So I'm not sure how much I'm looking to spend on a small CNC Mill, but I'm thinking around upwards of $2000? I don't want something big, mainly some thing I can throw down in my garage and be able to mess around with.. eventually leading to making small part's for who ever may need them for some extra cash. Again I'm a pretty young dude, but I really want to start making real money my 9-5 CNC position is really not cutting it as I look towards the future. I am doing pretty alright for now, but I'm trying to think ahead. I live with parent's still and I am looking to move out on my own, out here in BC it's extremely expensive so I really do need to make more money than I do now. Bottom line, getting my red seal and continuing to work for companies probably won't be making me enough money long term and I need to figure out a way to grab some extra income with the skill's that I have.
If I come off as a spoiled cunt or some thing I really am not trying to be I just want some advice from experienced and knowledgeable people that I know are here. Again budget of ~$2000 CAD, fairly good amount of space in garage, able to program anything, and looking for extra cash. What kind of machine's do you think might be some thing for me? Or is my budget totally bellow anything I could possibly obtain? How might I be able to find work? - I could ask my current boss for some help finding work?
Thanks for taking the time out of your day to help me out!
I'm a young CNC machinist I currently work as a CNC operator/programmer/setup person at a jobber shop which I am happy at. I get paid pretty decent for some one of my education level I think (~40k). I have schooling behind my belt, I am in my early 20's living in Canada, BC.
So to get to the point, what I can do:
- Program all Haas CNC Machine's (Lathes,Mills)
- Minor experience with programming on Okuma's, but enough to make a decent part though it may take me a little bit
longer than programming on Haas
- Able to operate Okuma, Haas without any trouble at all
- Can manually program as well as with Solidworks, Mastercam fairly quick and rarely any error's
- Very minimal experience with Gibbscam but with a little more time with it I should be alright
Here's what I have access to:
- Mastercam and Solidworks
- All my tools (Edge finder, precision measuring tools, dial indicator's, and a calculator )
- Advice from highly experienced CNC machinist's/programmer's
I may have forgotten a few thing's but it'll come when I think of them. So I'm not sure how much I'm looking to spend on a small CNC Mill, but I'm thinking around upwards of $2000? I don't want something big, mainly some thing I can throw down in my garage and be able to mess around with.. eventually leading to making small part's for who ever may need them for some extra cash. Again I'm a pretty young dude, but I really want to start making real money my 9-5 CNC position is really not cutting it as I look towards the future. I am doing pretty alright for now, but I'm trying to think ahead. I live with parent's still and I am looking to move out on my own, out here in BC it's extremely expensive so I really do need to make more money than I do now. Bottom line, getting my red seal and continuing to work for companies probably won't be making me enough money long term and I need to figure out a way to grab some extra income with the skill's that I have.
If I come off as a spoiled cunt or some thing I really am not trying to be I just want some advice from experienced and knowledgeable people that I know are here. Again budget of ~$2000 CAD, fairly good amount of space in garage, able to program anything, and looking for extra cash. What kind of machine's do you think might be some thing for me? Or is my budget totally bellow anything I could possibly obtain? How might I be able to find work? - I could ask my current boss for some help finding work?
Thanks for taking the time out of your day to help me out!