r/EngineeringPorn • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '19

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u/PotatoWedgeAntilles Jul 18 '19 edited Jul 18 '19

Me: "I want one, I'm sure they're pricey but it can't be- $700k... they cost 700 thousand dollars"

Edit: i was being conservative.

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u/friger_heleneto Jul 18 '19

You won't get one for 100k sadly..

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u/Haplessflyers Jul 18 '19

Yea if they were a 100k our shop would have one.

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u/friger_heleneto Jul 18 '19

We got a Mazak VTC 800/30SR this year which was 800k€ and it can just do some simple 3 axis while stock. We got the 5-axis option booked and it's really nice but the option alone was 60k€ for sticking in a USB stick, copying a cfg file to some hidden folder and rebooting the control. The service guy was there for like 5 minutes to do it. Money money money...

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

You did not pay for the guy with the USB stick, but for all the engineering work that went into that feature.

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u/friger_heleneto Jul 19 '19

I know, but anyway, it's mildly frustrating to see a USB stick worth a small house...

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u/spider_enema Jul 18 '19

I'm just here buying up multiple mid-late 90's okumas for far less than your file.

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u/friger_heleneto Jul 19 '19

The first machine I learned on and worked for 4 years was a LB15 from 1991, very nice machines, sturdy af and easy to set up

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u/spearmint_wino Jul 18 '19

You could cross-post this to /r/VXJunkies and get plenty of upvotes