Hi Curt You ask the question is the Mini-Arty a stepping stone and is it intended to get people interested in CNC.
A BIG YES. It is intend to be exactly that plus as Andy but in his email it can act as a trainer whilst you wait for your money to grow to pay for a bigger machine. You and I know that there will always be people who say hand tools are the way to work. I believe that is a purist viewpoint and that a fair proportion of those craftsman who used hand tools back in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century would have used power tools if they had been available and they could afford them. So I treat this purist viewpoint with a degree of skepticism. Now the reason I bring this up is that I feel that there will be a similar discussion in respect of Power Tools & CNC Tools. Whether you produce your work by Hand Tools, Power Tools or CNC Tools we should never forget they all require a specific skill set. What we are seeing is woodworking evolution and how it gradually perculates down to the small shop and serious hobbyist. The Mini Arty is not a toy; it is not cheap but it should be cost effective for certain people and the Mini Artys are selling already and by the way not just to me. I ordered mine last week as it will provide me with a mobile demonstration vehicle and should help me sell the higher capacity machines plus I want to use its carving capacity on a couple of railway 00 gauge modelling projects that I have in mind. You asked what the draw point(s) were, how about being able to carve signs using off cuts of wood from local wood yards (at no cost) and after 5 to 10 minutes work charging $50.00 to an outlet who will probably charge twice as much to the end customer. This is an actual case, where the sign has a cat's name on it and how long it lived. It does not say how it died as for that there is an extra charge. Some people have done wonders with the manual Legacy machines, others have gone from there on to the route of making there own CNC versions, whilst those that are short on time or have no desire to build machines have spent their hard earned money on CNC. As someone who was one of the very first people selling microprocessors (Motorola) back in 1975 I have seen this technology develop markets we never even thought about. So here is my prediction for the evolution of the Legacy Mini Arty, Arty and Atisan et al. The next CNC machine will be able to read your mind and transfer your thoughts into CNC code and then machine the material. Some guys will not be able to move in their shops for all the naked female torsos that they had thought about, it is not that far away. Andy should have that machine ready in a couple of years time so you had better get your Learning CNC Book out and start studying! Best regards Roger On Aug 10, 10:08 pm, "curt george" <curtgeo...@wowway.com> wrote: > Hello > I received a message form Legacy yesterday selling this new Mini-Arty the > mini Cnc machine. > Work Envelope: 18" x 18" x 5" > > Turning Capacity: 5" swing diameter x 18" in length > > The price tag is just under $5000.00 > > I know that Im a little behind the times. but what is the draw (selling > point)? > > I believe that is a lot of money to be able to make something 18" long. > > Do you think its a stepping stone, to get peoples interests into the CNC > world, or what? > > If you read the article in the Legacy CNC woodwo...that is exactly what they > say it is for. But??? > > Any incites or comments? > > C.A.G. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=xx-piglatin.
