I'm looking for a machine to purchase for a first time buyer.
Specifically I require it to be small and big enough to fit on a desktop (space is tight in europe)
machines to purchase
I'm looking for a machine to purchase for a first time buyer.
Specifically I require it to be small and big enough to fit on a desktop (space is tight in europe)
I have one in mind that I can recommend highly, but it's probably too small to be big enough to fit on a desktop.
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Why don't you give some actual info on what you need, you moronic wiener gobbler.
I apologize for this error.
I require anything that allows me to learn and potentially upgrade in the future.
I was hoping to get into something to do with metal or cnc.
Money isn't too much of an issue I have 1000 pound for a machine.
Why do you want a cnc machine?
to machine metals, learn and also to hire it out to others as a hobby/for hire.
So you want to start a machine shop for no real reason?
yes why not?
I recommend not taking the path you are looking at. The difference between hobby machines and even a bridgeport (which is not much of a machine) is huge. Go get a job in a real shop and use real equipment, or maybe go to trade school or a hacker space to put your hands on a non-hobby level machine.
I started out many years ago with a 8x18 lathe and then a round column mill-drill. These are significantly larger machines that you seem to have in mind, and yet were/are absolute toys. You want what you learn to be relevant going forward and speeds / feeds / fixturing and overall approaches to be relevant.
If you have money burning a hole in your pocket, step one would be a 3d printer if you don't have one, then learning to cad, then probably a Chinese gantry mill/router. When you know you need a lathe, you have needed a lathe for a while.
you're a nutter who hangs around the back of the coop huffing nitrous.
The following is a good 3d printer. Be aware of His Majesties Revenue and Customs who will slap a nice import fee on to you.
https://ratrig.com/v-core3default.html
This is a nice desktop CNC for you. Kind of out of your budget though:
https://www.solidprint3d.co.uk/pocket-nc-store/
If you just want a machine, buy this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355378239238
It's a very nice clock that is powered by the changes in air pressure from the sun rising and setting. It's in budget for you and is maintenance free. A great beginners machine!
>Money isn't too much of an issue
>I have 1000 pound
I hate to break this to you...
>Money isn't too much of an issue I have 1000 bongistan great bucks (TM) for a machine.
You're right. It isn't too much of an issue -- because everythings out of your price range.
Consider prostitution and a nice book on CNC.
I recommend this machine, it's just small enough to be big enough for a desktop, as well as for your tight space, and the Aliexpress listing says it's guaranteed satisfaction.
>I'm looking for a machine to purchase for a first time buyer.
recently I got a microscope and a raspberry pi 5 pretty handy. Looking forward to getting a cheap 3D printer but that's as far as I go for things sitting on my desk
funny thing.
I have also purchase a raspberry pi.
I was planning on learning some things about electrical engineering to pair with it.
>I have also purchase a raspberry pi.
cool. can you help me with the power button. does it just short the pins momentarily or does it need to maintain continuity. thx.
i know people are suggesting dumb things like 3d printers but i think a sewing machine and a bicycle can provide value to literally anybody
>dumb things like 3d printers
3D printers aren't dumb you homosexual, it's way better for learning and for making actual useful shit than a cnc, router or laser shittop. A desktop bicycle is very, very dumb. Sewing is kino, as well but honestly why anyone would suggest anything but a 3D printer to such a feckless piece of shit as OP is beyond me.
can you even say you're making things when you don't posses the raw mechanical skills to make something
>doing anything to get validation from outside rather than to do the very thing itself
you should have a nice day, vapid piece of human garbage