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| View Poll Results: Should we use our machines a lot? | |||
| yes, for everything |
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7 | 21.88% |
| yes, but only small parts |
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2 | 6.25% |
| yes, but only for bigger parts |
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0 | 0% |
| no, use it only when needed |
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7 | 21.88% |
| no, never use it |
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0 | 0% |
| It depends on the part (please elaborate) |
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16 | 50.00% |
| Voters: 32. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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Re: Machining Your Own Vs. COTS
The answer is it depends.
If you have something that needs to be extremely accurate, or you need to make a bunch of them, or it has angles and contours, then you'd want to use the CNC. If you have a simple part you can make with a bandsaw and a power drill, you wouldn't want to use the CNC. My formula for buying COTS vs making your own would be to decide: Can we get the same functionality out of a COTS part as a custom? How much more will it cost to go COTS? How much longer (or shorter) will it take to get the COTS part? Am I going to spend more than price premium of the COTS part to actually make it myself? What else could I be making with my CNC, that isn't available as a COTS part? If the answers to those questions favor COTS parts, then it's probably a worthwhile investment. |
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