tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post1013984465006449487..comments2024-03-10T16:24:19.391-05:00Comments on Budget Machining: Stuck ChuckSTxARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-48056942514368517472022-12-06T20:02:46.410-06:002022-12-06T20:02:46.410-06:00I remember an old sign from somewhere:
You can hav...I remember an old sign from somewhere:<br />You can have cheap, fast or good. Choose one.<br />A lot of those tools are cheap and available. <br /><br />I have heard that India is where China was about 30 years ago. Their stuff is all over the place. Some is very good, but you have to be aware of the range.STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-19887128436858953922022-12-06T17:03:45.981-06:002022-12-06T17:03:45.981-06:00Often the cheapest price is NOT the least expensiv...Often the cheapest price is NOT the least expensive in the long run. Quality and durability are important too.FeralFerrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052035175222525103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-32591249369606920272022-12-05T18:00:51.195-06:002022-12-05T18:00:51.195-06:00I don't think so, unless you are retired. May...I don't think so, unless you are retired. Maybe then. But you'd seriously have to think if $5.00 / hour is worth it. Right now, I have 3 hours into this unit. My consulting fee for friends was 50-60 / hour depending on the job. I spent $260.00 ish shipped. After all that, you have a cheap-o tool that you spent time getting right. Oh, and, who are you exactly? Why should I trust your engineering?<br /><br />If you have a burning need for one to finish a paying job, buy a good one and work the expense into your price. Or prices across a few jobs. But just buying one for grins and giggles, I can't justify the expense of a Vertex ($300 more than the cheapy I got, and no chuck). Morphon, Vevor, and the no-names all have the same manual. It's a rip from a reputable brand. The cheap-o has steel gears, not phospor-bronze, and it's rough. It's like those little 32 ACP and 380 belly guns that were popular back in 2000 (Kel-Tec?). You had all the parts assembled, but if you wanted a decent gun, you had work to do.<br /><br /> If you luck out and find one on Craigslist, go for it. Or a great deal on Fleabay. But I've been looking on both for about five years, and nothing like that lives down here.<br /><br />I think the oytubers start as cheap as possible, find they like it and have the knack, then try and upgrade the cheap stuff. I almost got a round column mill drill when I was starting up, but I found a Bridgeport clone (Big Joe) for the same price. I knew that weight = rigidity, so the 600# mill drill lost to the 2000# milling machine. And I'm glad I had the room and the ability to do it. I like being able to work on normal sized projects.STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-42819532757137046752022-12-05T16:31:04.989-06:002022-12-05T16:31:04.989-06:00Y'know... sigh. STxAR, on OyTube there are all...Y'know... sigh. STxAR, on OyTube there are all kinds of guys buying the cheap chinese machine tools and upgrading them from budget basement junk to seriously professional tools. It's not cheap, but sometimes they seem to come out ahead doing it.<br /><br />Could doing something like that be a profitable business? Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.com