Thread: CNC pricing for project

I didn't look up your files for the angles, but you can get router cutters of varying angles - 150, 140, 120, 90, 60, 45, 30 degrees included angle.

Some will be bearing bits, amd some will be conic of vee-groove cutters, so that many angles can be cut along edges, either by hand with a router & bearing, or with some clamped-on steel RHS as a straight-edge, and using the Vee cutters, or by CNC IF the mob you use have the cutters you needed...and the right chuck diameter.

If we were doing it, I'd prefer the file in AI or EPS, but dxf is OK-except we're not in S.A., but 1800km north east.

Good luck!

PS re the first question $120 per hour. We also have an investment in machinery equal to the mortgage on a house, PLUS the ever-necessary omitted item: "experience", meaning we've made most of the mistakes already on someone else's job, and have spares of most cutters in stock in case of a breakage in the middle of a run!

If you are time poor, you'd be better off buying complete kit form speakers from somewhere like Adelaide Speakers - Ascension or even Jaycar.

Great advice but I have built better sounding speakers than anyone of them can offer. I will have to check out what angles I can buy for my router. And see what else I can find out from the other thread.

So for a CNC the going rate runs between $1 and $2 per minute for the machine time and then material. A cad package can provide guidance on the running time, then allow a little for setup of the machine and conversion of the file to GCode

I went up to our local engineering shop to have 4 x 21mm holes cut in 20 aluminium with me supplying the DXF (or whatever format he needed) file.
He quoted me $400 and maybe sometime next week.
I told him where to take his CNC machine and bought a slot drill bit and a reamer for my milling machine

WOW expensive. I will be looking at maybe getting someone local to do my CNC but with everyone giving me "amazing," quotes I wonder why dont I have a CNC already myself.

Originally Posted by chrapladm

WOW expensive. I will be looking at maybe getting someone local to do my CNC but with everyone giving me "amazing," quotes I wonder why dont I have a CNC already myself.

Because it is addictive?
I actually believe he didn't want the job

Originally Posted by chrapladm

WOW expensive. I will be looking at maybe getting someone local to do my CNC but with everyone giving me "amazing," quotes I wonder why dont I have a CNC already myself.

That is why for small jobs you would be much better off asking for quotes from this board. privately of course

Ya I am learning that as I go Bob. Thanks. The good thing with all of this is that it has me wanting to get better tools and jigs to get better at woodworking myself. Will wait to hear back from a few more quotes and then go from there.