Well, you did say that you were thinking of starting a business, so I assumed that productivity is a bit of a concern. |
This is a good assumption to make, but I didn't mean to give the impression that myself and my friends are cashing in our life savings and renting property in the art district. Currently, we all have day jobs, so I guess you can think of it as a business-as-a-hobby. Several of our colleagues from college have really nice little businesses of this fashion. The only thing they really manufactured themselves was intellectual property, and dealt with subcontractors if they had to make many of some physical part. They did some soldering, tech writing, and handled the e-store. When dealing exclusively with electronics, you can afford to pay for many one-offs (there are fabrication companies with $30 deals that include 24 hour turnaround time), but this is not the case with parts that need to be machined. Since we no longer have access to our lab's machine shop, the CNC option seemed like a good way to prototype.
I'm sure we could build a lot of stuff, yeah, but I'm afraid we'll end up tinkering on the wrong things! As for accuracy, I was hoping for a couple thousandths tolerance at least, with hardened aluminum, and the ability to make things like snap-together ball and socket joints from Delrin or nylon.
Is this unreasonable for a Taig?