noobimachinist
Plastic
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2012
- Location
- Canada
I've always been curious. What is the cost of starting up a CNC machine shop for doing contract or custom work for industrial clients?
Surely it depends on the type of machines and the number of them. To be fair, lets say a good CNC mill and good CNC lathe is the bare minimum for this shop. Perhaps you can speak from experience also for your own machines?
Lets say someone gets a Haas CNC Mill and CNC Lathe with tool changers etc. Im guessing this already is around $300k? What about annual service contract fees?
Then you need to get a good CAD and CAM. Say Solid Works and MasterCAM. How much will this be (cant find prices)? Is it one off or yearly type license?
Then add in the real estate lease, electricity, other tools like saws. Maybe an extra 50k?
My dummy estimate is $0.5 million cash at least for the first year to startup?
Surely it depends on the type of machines and the number of them. To be fair, lets say a good CNC mill and good CNC lathe is the bare minimum for this shop. Perhaps you can speak from experience also for your own machines?
Lets say someone gets a Haas CNC Mill and CNC Lathe with tool changers etc. Im guessing this already is around $300k? What about annual service contract fees?
Then you need to get a good CAD and CAM. Say Solid Works and MasterCAM. How much will this be (cant find prices)? Is it one off or yearly type license?
Then add in the real estate lease, electricity, other tools like saws. Maybe an extra 50k?
My dummy estimate is $0.5 million cash at least for the first year to startup?