From:?"brian.kraut--- via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> Subject:?Re: KR> X Carv parts maker Having a CNC router, a Bridgeport milling machine converted to CNC, and a 40W CNC laser I hardly ever make a part without using one of them anymore and they are tremendously useful, but I design and build things as a big part of my living so my tools all pay for themselves. If it was just for building a KR I would say you could probably build it faster, and certainly cheaper without a CNC, but most of us building planes are tinkerers and can find plenty of other uses for it also.
-------- Original Message -------- A friend built a simple CNC router like the X Carv a few years ago. That morphed into a part time business for he and his partner. So he built a CNC Plasma Cutter. Between the two tools, he and his business partner now have new careers and more work than they can do. Personally, I found a CNC table router to be quite useful in building molding for composite parts using tooling foam, but it really requires a 5 axis tool. -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM
