Dear friends,


I am recently retired...yeyyyy!!!! Yet not that old to sit on my ass, neither rich to start traveling around the world.... So I was thinking to start a business.


Namely, a prototyping office with its own production capabilities, where where we can service companies and/or individuals, with their proof of concept, appearance, engineering prototyping, and low volume manufacturing.


Can you guys give us an idea of what would be the best pro level, non industrial, 5 axis CNC we should get, something that can do it all; cut/mill/engrave wood, poly carbonate, brass, aluminum, cardboard, foam, etc.


Our budget is set at about 100K, out of which 75% we are thinking spending it on the tools and accessories, and the rest on raw materials, consumables, 3D printing filaments, wood, aluminum, poly-carbonates, etc.

For the CNC(s) we plan to spend somewhere around 40-50K. If for those money we could get 2-3 machines would be ideal.


Thank you for your time guys!