johnm
08-04-2005, 11:24 AM
Folks -
Forgive the cross-post here, I first posted in the business section, but I need to make some noise and hopefully get some assistance from a few of you kind souls.
We are *thisclose* to getting financing for a PRT96, and picking up a HUGE job about 3 months out to pay for it, and I *REALLY* could use your feedback.
We are negotiating with a private lender for the purchase, and it ....looks.... good, but they aren't really familiar with 'Bots, the forum here, and the how the use of a shop bot has helped small shop owners.
If you are using a 'Bot in a small commercial setting, could you perhaps please send me a quick email describing how you've incorporated the 'Bot in your operation, your "getting up to speed" curve and your general feedback on how the machine has (or hasn't) helped your bottom line. I have additional documentation that I am preparing for the lender, and would like to give them a sheaf of emails to give them a better picture.
I am a furniture maker, and also teach woodworking. My wife is a graphic artist and we would be using the machine to produce gingerbread trim for a new housing development. We have a shop at our home and if we get the machine, my wife will leave her "day job" and work on creating/adapting designs and we will both operate the machine, depending on my teaching schedule for the fall.
Please send your emails to my address at johnmoorhead@sbcglobal.net (mailto:johnmoorhead@sbcglobal.net) rather than the school address in my profile (MCOE)
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.
John Moorhead
Lakeport, CA
Forgive the cross-post here, I first posted in the business section, but I need to make some noise and hopefully get some assistance from a few of you kind souls.
We are *thisclose* to getting financing for a PRT96, and picking up a HUGE job about 3 months out to pay for it, and I *REALLY* could use your feedback.
We are negotiating with a private lender for the purchase, and it ....looks.... good, but they aren't really familiar with 'Bots, the forum here, and the how the use of a shop bot has helped small shop owners.
If you are using a 'Bot in a small commercial setting, could you perhaps please send me a quick email describing how you've incorporated the 'Bot in your operation, your "getting up to speed" curve and your general feedback on how the machine has (or hasn't) helped your bottom line. I have additional documentation that I am preparing for the lender, and would like to give them a sheaf of emails to give them a better picture.
I am a furniture maker, and also teach woodworking. My wife is a graphic artist and we would be using the machine to produce gingerbread trim for a new housing development. We have a shop at our home and if we get the machine, my wife will leave her "day job" and work on creating/adapting designs and we will both operate the machine, depending on my teaching schedule for the fall.
Please send your emails to my address at johnmoorhead@sbcglobal.net (mailto:johnmoorhead@sbcglobal.net) rather than the school address in my profile (MCOE)
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.
John Moorhead
Lakeport, CA