Does anyone know of a CnC machine for sale? If so, how much?
CnC Machine
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Cnc mill
http://cgi.ebay.com/MINT-BRIDGEPORT...582443393QQcategoryZ12584QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
This one will take care of your needs
http://cgi.ebay.com/MINT-BRIDGEPORT...582443393QQcategoryZ12584QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
This one will take care of your needs
Adonisy said:does everyone know
if I want a mini cnc machine , about 100 lbs
where can I find?
thanks
Adonis. I'd personally recommend staying away from the cnc mini mills for cuemaking. It's not that it can't be done, but my friend Dick Neighbors tried that route. He did about as good a job as anyone could have and came up with some pretty ingenious jigging, but he finally gave up and built a gantry system. I think the Gantry type systems are much more versatile and if you set one up with a 4th axis on one side and a vacuum table, or jig to hold the inlay material for the male portions of the inlays, on the other, you can do some really exotic stuff! The problem with the mini mills is that you're limited to about 8-9 inches of travel. This is plenty long enough to do any inlays as long as you can position the cue properly and rotate it accurately. By the time you build a jig to mount to the mini mills bed to accomodate those needs, you have a pretty heavy set up, no matter what it's made of! The weight of the jig causes the little stepper motors on the mini mills to lose steps. Dickie once told me that he destroyed at least 25% of the cues he tried pocketing on his mini mill due to this fact. Maybe he'll see this and chime in here with his experience. He had counter balances and other devices he'd made to minimize the weight and bulk of the set-up but it's just a bit too much for one of these. A gantry system can be bought and/or built for about twice what you'd have in a cnc mini mill, with much more versatility and reliability.
just more hot air!
Sherm
See my www.hightowercues.com shop tour for a mini mill that is doing a great job for me for about two years. If you leave the feed on rapid movement they will miss steps. Slow it down to about 7 inches a minute and you won't have any problems. Mine has 12 inches of X travel.
CNC for cue making
Adonis:
I recommend the CueMonster from Unique Products. Mine works like a charm. Tapers (butts and shafts), inlays, pockets and scrolls are no problem. See if Brian will upgrade the BobCad program (version 17) to Version 20. Weight about 100 pounds and costs about $9,000. You can also buy pre-canned cue programs for $7.50 each program. Send me an e-mail to denalicues@comcast.net and I will hook you up with the programmer. If you buy the pre-canned programs it will give you a jump start on getting the most from your CNC.
Bob Flynn
Denali Cues/Guitars
Adonis:
I recommend the CueMonster from Unique Products. Mine works like a charm. Tapers (butts and shafts), inlays, pockets and scrolls are no problem. See if Brian will upgrade the BobCad program (version 17) to Version 20. Weight about 100 pounds and costs about $9,000. You can also buy pre-canned cue programs for $7.50 each program. Send me an e-mail to denalicues@comcast.net and I will hook you up with the programmer. If you buy the pre-canned programs it will give you a jump start on getting the most from your CNC.
Bob Flynn
Denali Cues/Guitars
I have only occasionally done it that way. I usually assemble the cue first and then inlay it. I do have to turn the cue around to get to each end. If you try to make it to where the whole cue fixture will slide under the head to any position you get too much weight hanging off the end and cause a bind.cuesmith said:
I have the mill drop shipped from the factory and provide the rest of the software and hardware except for the copmputer. I charge $4500 for them but the catch is that they are on their own learning how to use it. No training is provided except Bob Cad software training videos and manuals.
Are they selling this as a cnc for inlays? If so, do they give you names of cuemaker's using it?Adonisy said:thanks everyone's suggestion
I found another good choice
this is one of best , but much expensive
Jack
www.johnmaddencues.com
Techno Isel
if you're going to do this for your main source of income i would recomend investing in as good a machine as you can afford. for the money Techno Isel makes some of the best machines on the market.
if you're going to do this for your main source of income i would recomend investing in as good a machine as you can afford. for the money Techno Isel makes some of the best machines on the market.
Align Rite Gantry CNC
Go here;
http://www.alignritetool.com/cnc_router_poolcue.htm
Call Matt and tell him that you want the Gantry model, I think they stopped making the Gantry in favor of the one shown in the link.
I ain't convinced.
The Gantry model is Great!
Does not take up much floor space, smooth and quiet if you get the NSK spindle.
And you get the support from a 19 year cuemaker to help get it going.
Tom
Go here;
http://www.alignritetool.com/cnc_router_poolcue.htm
Call Matt and tell him that you want the Gantry model, I think they stopped making the Gantry in favor of the one shown in the link.
I ain't convinced. The Gantry model is Great!
Does not take up much floor space, smooth and quiet if you get the NSK spindle.And you get the support from a 19 year cuemaker to help get it going.
Tom
Cuesavvy said:Go here;
http://www.alignritetool.com/cnc_router_poolcue.htm
Call Matt and tell him that you want the Gantry model, I think they stopped making the Gantry in favor of the one shown in the link.
The Gantry model is Great!
And you get the support from a 19 year cuemaker to help get it going.
Tom
What is the going price for that model?
