Laguna CNC routers.

On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:44:49 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Laguna is a pretty good brand for many stationary tools.
>I have no personal experience with any of their CNC machines, but the
>specs look good.
>Certainly for the money.
>$ 14,995 buys a LOT of machine:
>http://www.lagunatools.com/cnc/Swift-CNC-Machine_6#
>
>Look out General, ShopBot, Techno!!!
>
>The usual caveats: NOT affiliated etc.

Damn. I have almost $3,500 invested in my 4x4-footer and I haven't
bought the steel for the frame yet. If I'd seen this first... <sigh>

--
Life is an escalator:
You can move forward or backward;
you can not remain still.
-- Patricia Russell-McCloud

I spent more than that for my CNC metal 48x48 table and equipment.

This looks interesting to me as it is similar to PCB Cad I used and was
trained in some years ago. High quality and thought out software so
it would seem.

The only think that needs to be squared out is the depth of cut.
Can it cut out 4x4"s or 2x4" ? Or is it a sheet and shallow relief.
Don't get me wrong - one can build a boat or airplane with that.
Some items like a keel and other parts might be to thick to cut out.

The motor seems to be ok. Cooling is good. Cad is good. Apple is fine.

I think I'd have to have 4" thick cutout ability.

Let us know if anyone pushes to find out the facts or gets one.

Martin

On 3/31/2012 3:44 AM, Robatoy wrote:
> Laguna is a pretty good brand for many stationary tools.
> I have no personal experience with any of their CNC machines, but the
> specs look good.
> Certainly for the money.
> $ 14,995 buys a LOT of machine:
> http://www.lagunatools.com/cnc/Swift-CNC-Machine_6#
>
> Look out General, ShopBot, Techno!!!
>
> The usual caveats: NOT affiliated etc.