Digitizing in the spindle significantly increases your digitizing overhead / costs.smeg wrote:Yes,
Some have an advantage where they can digitize on a seperate machine while they are cutting on the cnc.
I was told not to go that way as it can/does induce errors from machine to machine.
If that spindle isn't cutting heads its loosing money, .. ..
Example is my shop is very one off custom oriented,
and it works for me to digitize in the spindle, .. however I still loose money / production when I do.
This is so completely true, .. and something I hear ring through this industry all the time.brad_m wrote:For as long as we all keep giving in to the customer, we will be under charging for our time and knowledge.
I don't do any performance work for anyone but myself and friends.
I do own a mechanical repair/servicing shop.
I don't give in to the customer I set my pricing and if they don't like it, I will tell them to find some one else to do the work.
It's a long hard road to building a quality customer base, But it's starting to pay off. I would be easier if half the other places in the city weren't stuck in the 90s with their hourly rate and being to scared to lift the price.