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This may be a small company, but I was impressed with their equipment. I have been travelling around the U.S. and calling even more trying to purchase a CNC wood router. I have been finding out that alot of what's out there is made by what I would call " Cottage Industry ". That didn't seem to be the case with Shop Sabre.
There machine was robust and VERY accurate. They gave me a demo on a machine that I had just watch them complete. They had to setup the software and parameters before they could even run it. The amazing part is that it ran flawlessly!!
However, they are NOT cheap. A 4 X 8 machine with what I would call the basics (Porter-Cable spindle, no tool changer, no mist system, etc.) will cost me around $17,000.00. A Colombo spindle adds a minimum of $3,200.00 to that price and automatic tool changers start at about another $10,000.00.
I do think that they are the best that I have seen, so far. I think that there will be far less down time with this machine. It is costing about $6,000.00 more than I originally intended to spend, but I've decided to go with it after seeing it first-hand. Many of the other machines that I looked at just didn't have the accuracy of the Shop Sabre and they certainly were NOT built as well.
I met the owner of the company and he easily impressed me with his knowledge of the entire industry. He knew about all of the other machines and NEVER said a bad word about any company (Unlike many of the other companies that I spoke with). He was very professional and I walked away feeling very comfortable about making this purchase.
I would appreciate knowing what machine you end up with. It's always nice to hear about someone else's experience.