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I tried it by folding the pieces ,to much grinding . I prefer make them out of 1/4 or thicker so I cut individual shapes and I can assemble my way faster then bending nd grinding butch deybeefy wrote:Just curious, how many of you are building these using individual hex and pents vs a "fold it together" design where many of the hexs & pents are cut as one piece.
It looks like a lot of work using the individual shapes.
I'm very close to building my first one and have drew everything up in Coreldraw as a fold together design to give speed of assembly. Got to say I was shocked at how much cut time Sheetcam is estimating with mine. I have to reduce the cut speed to 1100 mm/min to prevent table "shake" and it's looking like nearly one and a half hours cut time for a 750mm diameter pit.
With material cost plus cut time plus assembly time I can now see why some members have said they don't bother with these and can make more dollars with less complicated cuts. Soon to be found out.
Keith.
motoguy wrote:An 8 hour day at $60/hour shop rate (some are higher), x2 days = $960 in labor, without design time, material, cut expenses, finishing, etc. I'm not saying that's a BAD thing...just how the math is working on my end. Guessing...what...$1500 or so rough retail cost for one? Does that sound about right for a 25" unit, those of you who have done/sold them?