Looking back in past posts I noticed there are a few Shopbot users here at the creek. I have a question or two that I hope somebody could help me with.
For a long while I have been planning to purchase a sliding table saw, but in a thread a few days ago Shopbot was mentioned. Now I'm a one man cabinet shop and don't really want to be more ,but I'm getting to the point I will have to do something to increase production in the near future. I have considered hiring help and my initial encounter with that has been-- well let's just say less than encouraging. So I thought what the heck I'll call shopbot and talk to someone.
I did and talked to a few other owners and this is what I have come up with. I could buy one of the standard machines instead of the alpha and give myself time to get familiar with the world of cnc without a huge initial investment. I could upgrade anything I wanted to down the line and not be tied to a lower level machine. I would not have blazing speed, but I don't think that would be a problem. I would imagine it to be cutting out dadoes, shelf pin holes, the individual cabinet parts while I am working on something else like face frames.
Am I right in thinking that I could use the standard bot to do this? If so it would save me the trouble of hiring someone which I am afraid will be more headaches than it would be worth. I appreciate any help that you could offer.
Thanks
Chris