newbie need advice on cnc machine to purchase? routoutcnc machines any good?

[jrob3rts]

I know of someone who has used one of the routout machines with great success. He does however use them for acrylic. I believe he has recently upgraded to Laser in order to fulfil his workload.
He didn't get the larger machine but from what I can see all has been well.

Personally, cannot vouch for them myself, but if you workload isn't too high then wouldn't it be cheaper to get a local operator to do your cuts?

[wyndham]

thanks for the replies and offer of help ici ,very much appreciated
the idea of building ones sounds a great idea but just not sure i would have the time to build one or learn. its sounds complex i wouldn't know where to start.

I rang a few companies in the uk today just getting idea on how much these things cost in general, multicam 30-40k!!! axyz £25k
was told a vacuum bed is a good idea to stop laminate being chiped when cut.

then i found this company on ebay mantech
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CNC-Router-Eng...-/170410586888
£13k still a huge amount of money but this one does have a vacuum bed for cutting smaller parts . anyone experience of this machine?

i'm just toying with the idea of getting a cnc at the moment its a huge investment to make and a rather big loan if i did get one!

i just can see that cheap cnc's like the routout £6k and mantech 13k will be any good compared to the expensive ones