Where to start ?!?

[ShibusaDave]

Looking for some advice, any! Maybe a direction where to look or a particular sub-forum/thread to post on.

My company is expanding and we are looking at getting a Hundegger. Before we make that investment we are looking to get a "table-top" to learn on as well as doing some R&D work.

I have some issues, scale is one. Our timbers are either 8"x8" by 10 ft long or 3"x12" by 12 ft long. I can work with shorter pieces but I want to retain the 8x8 or 3x12 dimensions.

The second issue is always, the cost.

I am a mechanical engineer by degree and haven't done CNC since I graduated 20+ years ago. I haven't done any engineering in a similar time frame.

Advice?

Thanks,
Dave
Shibusa Systems, LLC

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[Jim Dawson]

I think a lot of the larger table top routers will handle a 3x12, but the 8x8 is going to be an issue without some extensive modification to the Z axis, just not enough travel or clearance on the gantry supports.

I have no experience with the Hundegger machines, but I can see from the pictures and videos that it is nothing like a CNC router and uses proprietary software. Bottom line is I'm not sure how much useful information/experience you would gain with a small CNC router. That Hundegger machine looks to be a 9 or 10 axis machine.

But I have to admit the Hundegger machines are pretty cool. I actually thought about building a machine like that back in my optimizing chop saw days.

[ShibusaDave]

I can accept the proprietary software not being the same, we will learn to work around it. I used the term table top because that's what my boss keeps saying... I anticipate this machine being about the size of a dining room table? Just a guess on my end. Whether it teaches us anything or not my boss is pushing me to find one. I'll post a picture of something we would like to do with this machine and regardless of size maybe it will help you help me.

Dave

[ShibusaDave]

So we are modeling joints and don't need the full length, but we want to make half laps and the adjoining members to make that Jacks like structure.