Cruzin69
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I’d even be happy with the Mopar on one side like you had it, then “1969 Dodge Charger” and the back view of the car... with CRUZN 69 on the plate.
The designs are flat, the relief is done on the CNC. The simulation in the CAM software shows how they should look after machining them.How are You doing the relief? CAD CNC?
You have a little business opportunity here. Keep us posted. I would be interested in some too!! Just let us know what is needed...photos or drawings??
That's my plan, but I need one piece of equipment before I can even start. Once I get that one piece of equipment, then I can proceed to develop the rest of my products and promote them.Walk before you run. Start small and work your way up. I imagine it's not cheap to start up....but then again nothing is.
Can you handle orders from here? Then expand into the other Mopar sites?
Here's how my son's ornament came out.I can put anything I want on them. I just did a custom design for my son who is attending U.C. Davis in the Music program. He's specializing in the Baroque period of Music (classical). Here's his design...not Mopar related.
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I'd like to get a Haas VF3 mill to start with. Eventually a large CNC router table as well.
Funny you should mention "school". I used to teach this at a junior college in 1997 - 2001. California is getting all kinds of money to start CNC classes again and the old college I used to work for has been hinting at bringing me back to teach all the CNC courses again. We'll see what happens though. Politics in the college system suck...been there, done that, but I had fun teaching.You should start a kickstarter. Might drum up some cash that way.
Here’s another idea... partner up with a local trade school that has a cnc. Maybe you give some instruction in exchange for using the machine.
Maybe pay them a portion of profit: schools are always in need of money, the small amount you give them could cover consumables for a semester... I know my shop in NJ would agree under the right terms.
Heck, I’d partner with you (our school) but I’m the robotics teacher... don’t know a lick about operating that HASS (yet, anyway.)
About six months ago, I had looked at this route and many other routes to get the funds. I even went to a business that specialized in helping businesses get setup, get funding, etc. Even they said there wasn't anything they could do to help me out. The capital outlay of money needed to start a business is much more than someone starting one that may only need about 5 to 10 thousand. I may need 50 to 100 thousand (or more), to get this going.Have you looked int an SBA loan? These are business loans offered by banks ( not all banks participate) that are backed by the Fed Govt. With what President Trump has been saying , I thought I heard in one of his speeches they were working on cutting some of the red tape involved with these loans. Worth a look. You have a cool product.