Quote Originally Posted by Boyan Silyavski View Post
If you are working alone don't go with a bigger machine. And don't go with a vertical machine. In fact i greatly advice you against the vertical machine
Boyan, you cannot advise about Vertical machine until you have used one and I doubt you've ever even seen on in real life let alone used one, so please don't make comments like this until you know what your talking about.!

Quote Originally Posted by Boyan Silyavski View Post
if you will be into the odd jobs like what i do. Explain to me how 1 person will load 100kg door onto it for a machining the door panel channels. And what about 200 doors?
Quote Originally Posted by Boyan Silyavski View Post
And again- don't go with a vertical machine. If you have not place, you will need a lot more for the sign business
Again you don't know what your talking about because never used one.!
All the Vertical machines I've built are for Sign people or coachbuilders and all of them are blown away by it being vertical. ALL of them cannot believe the difference it's made to there workflow, ease of use and amount of space it's saves them along with other benefits like tool life and quality of finish and no more back aching from bending over.!
In fact, I'm actually building a second 10 x 5 for customer where both machines will be located in a space where 1 horizontal machine would struggle to fit and be usuable.
Another signage customer as an 8x4 in a space that he struggled to fit 1000x1000 machine and again is blown away by it. He wouldn't trade you for horizontal if you gave him it for free it's made that much difference to his business.

Loading is actually very easy and in fact, for sheet work like signage, it's much easier than being horizontal. The weight isn't an issue because anything that weighs 200Kg requires either two people or lifting devices to be safe. In which case you select devices that suit your needs best. I regularly load 100Kg + sheets of Aluminium onto my bed alone.

Your comment regards doors is ridiculous because 1 door 2 or 3 doesn't make any difference, they are loaded just like any other material.
Regards working on parts on the bed and ease of access then it's much much better because you are stood up working at sensible heights with no bending over or back Ache. In fact, this one benefit alone to some people like me who suffer badly from backache is worth the decision to go vertical.

So please don't comment until you have experienced a vertical machine.!