On 1/12/14, 8:14 PM, Marcel Duchamp wrote:
> There's been a long discussion on a particular machine over at
>
> dangerousprototypes.com/
>
> http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3D68&t=3D4903&hilit=
=3Dmachine+place
That was a fun read.  I was mostly reading to look for people with other=20
used commercial system suggestions... one guy posted about getting a=20
Juki 575, but there weren't really any updates on it working.

It's an impressively long in depth discussion on more of a=20
hobbyist-class machine.  Every time I see stuff like that it makes me=20
want to build my own.  :)   Unfortunately, I've got enough projects as=20
it is.

He did mention that after getting training on his Juki from the previous=20
owner he is certain a used commercial machine is the way to go.  I'm=20
pretty sure that's true for me, too.

I'm trying to save costs on my low volume high mix products... one big=20
problem is that I have a couple boards with pretty high component type=20
counts.  (one is about 60, and after taking into account the wider parts=20
it takes a whole lot of slots)  I've considered 3D printing custom trays=20
containing multiple parts (probably would need some anti-static=20
coating)... but the easiest path seems to be a used big system with a=20
whole lot of feeders.

I've got space for it... power, air... even anti-static flooring.  I=20
just need to figure out which one to buy.


Darron

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