Hello guys,
My name is Andrey,
I'm 29 years old, and leave in Spokane, WA
I would like to start my own machine shop,I know that this topic is created almost every week.
Have 2 questions: shop plan, and machine advise.
I have CNC machining degree, currently working as CNC machinist and not planing to leave work after opening my own shop, few years of experience, first customers would be Xometry, and Maketime.io, so I would machine mostly parts from aluminium, and it would not be production. I know that both of them would not make me ton of money but enough to keep spindles turning, when I would grew up a bit, I would look for overflow jobs from local companies.
I'm single, so would not have family problems.
I would rent a space since 1500-2000 sf2 costs here about 700-$1K a month, and it's easier than wire the 3 car garage, disassembly part of machine to fit it in garage, buy phase perfect converter, watch for neighbors to not rat you out, show potential customers your shop.
My first plan was to finance a new HAAS VF2SS but after calculating all costs it would cost me about $1300 a month for 4 years. I decided to buy used machine.
I want to know yours advise if is it worth to buy new HAAS TM-1P or buy old used with unknown condition and how it was used HAAS VF-2 (2004-2008) since price is almost the same?
I know that VF-2 has ton's of advantages, more rigid, more tools, more travel, but how to check used machine if it's working properly, not crashed, can hold tolerances, how many hours on machine is a limit?
Would appreciate any comment about my plan and which machine to buy.
Thanks.
Andrey
My name is Andrey,
I'm 29 years old, and leave in Spokane, WA
I would like to start my own machine shop,I know that this topic is created almost every week.
Have 2 questions: shop plan, and machine advise.
I have CNC machining degree, currently working as CNC machinist and not planing to leave work after opening my own shop, few years of experience, first customers would be Xometry, and Maketime.io, so I would machine mostly parts from aluminium, and it would not be production. I know that both of them would not make me ton of money but enough to keep spindles turning, when I would grew up a bit, I would look for overflow jobs from local companies.
I'm single, so would not have family problems.
I would rent a space since 1500-2000 sf2 costs here about 700-$1K a month, and it's easier than wire the 3 car garage, disassembly part of machine to fit it in garage, buy phase perfect converter, watch for neighbors to not rat you out, show potential customers your shop.
My first plan was to finance a new HAAS VF2SS but after calculating all costs it would cost me about $1300 a month for 4 years. I decided to buy used machine.
I want to know yours advise if is it worth to buy new HAAS TM-1P or buy old used with unknown condition and how it was used HAAS VF-2 (2004-2008) since price is almost the same?
I know that VF-2 has ton's of advantages, more rigid, more tools, more travel, but how to check used machine if it's working properly, not crashed, can hold tolerances, how many hours on machine is a limit?
Would appreciate any comment about my plan and which machine to buy.
Thanks.
Andrey