horse sence
15 Year Member
I wish I owned the machine, I could make neat parts all day long. In fact, that's been a long-standing goal and thanks to you guys here, I may get to make that happen. I'm looking into selling my wife's '69 427 Corvette to finance a smaller, used Haas mill. I just need more ideas since you can't really support a machine on one part. JimJim, you should look into doing some custome air cleaners as well, thats beautifull.
i liked your shifter boot cover as well, i am into street rods to so you have instrument bezels ,glove box doors and like i said air clearners. get your machine, start advertising for custome parts and start making money. don't just stick with mustang parts though.I wish I owned the machine, I could make neat parts all day long. In fact, that's been a long-standing goal and thanks to you guys here, I may get to make that happen. I'm looking into selling my wife's '69 427 Corvette to finance a smaller, used Haas mill. I just need more ideas since you can't really support a machine on one part. Jim
man i understand completely, i have been wanting to invest in a cnc plasma tableThanks, guys I appreciate the ideas and encouragement a lot. But I'm still very cautious because the whole package is so much money. The Haas Mini-Mill I want is upwards of $25K, the MasterCam software is (I think) over $12K, although when we stepped up to MasterCam X6 from version 9 it was only $5200. Then throw in vises at $400 per, carbide endmills that range from $80 to over $500 and you can see how it can get very expensive very quickly. I know there are good used machines out there for about half of retail, but things like software and cutters are not an option used. The problem isn't what I can make, it's what I can sell and can I sell enough to make it realistically worth it. Maybe I worry too much, but it is a realistic worry at least. One thing I have going for me (or against, depending on how you look at it) is that I have been involved with tons of money-wasting hobbies over my life. Street rods, sand quads, dirt bikes, dropped trucks and raised trucks, other people's race cars, paintball and shot guns and every where I look I wonder what I could produce to keep a CNC machine busy. Once the program is done, my wife could feed it raw material with about 5 minutes of training while I'm at work, so that's no problem. But finding that product that I could make lots and lots of to minimize set-ups and program changes is tough. But I'm still trying and thinking about it every single day and thanks to you guys here I'm at least taking a small step in that direction. Jim
ooooh yeah. what do you think zookeeper can you mill me one?This engine was made for a body like that. Well, except for being mid/rear layout.