It's the harsh truth and maybe you're right but still.... I love working and I am going to insist on my projects...

Hi Ryan, thanks so much for the video. Excellent info. Keep up the good work!

Are you sure the machine reached full feed rste? It looks like it is accelerating/decelerating the entire time.

Bro,crazy good energy coming from u!!!❤❤❤

I was cutting 3/4 plywood full depth with 3/16 bit at 70 ipm. Cut through 100 sheets before the bit broke.

No wonder you can afford 40 employees only paying 11 an hour

#6 is leaning heeeeaaavy into helping the wife approval rating.. 😂 Whatever you want to do, take the trash out, get flowers, clean out the garage... 😅

Another great video with useful concepts that balance out the chip load videos. For other video suggestions, I’d like to hear your thoughts on various hold down and clamp ideas for non-vacuum CNC’s

Great instructional video. Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge

Great instructional video. Thanks for sharing!

Helpful advice. Cheers Ryan.

Do those rules of thumb apply for 1/16" or smaller sized bits as well? I've struggled to find any information regarding speeds and feeds for micro milling.

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2.5 million dollars in sales, is not equivalent to: "I made 2.5 million dollars". No clickbaitey title plz... It's unnecessary.

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Nice video Ryan i no you have massive lasers and looking at bigger ones the smaller 10watt one is potentially something I'm getting do you have any thoughts or information regarding them??🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

What do you think about using a 1/8" compression bit for the holes and for the profiles? I am worried about tearout on the material surface with a 1/4 upcut for the profiles.

Great video and framework, Ryan! Super simple, but still effective. I really appreciate your recent videos diving into how you run your business. When I think about where I want to go with the business I am building around my CNC machine, I see a lot of overlap with the kinds of things you do with your business(es). I always get inspired seeing your success and I have enjoyed watching your company grow over the last couple of years! - Joe P.

Interesting video. Thanks for sharing. I don't agree very much with the formula you chose to decide if you will buy the tool or not. The Kreg Foreman is a no-brainer of course. Savings 6250 dollars per year and investing only 350 dollars. So the return on investments is 350/6250 x 50 = 2.8 weeks. For the laser the return on investments is 70000/18750 = nearly 4 years. That's indeed a long time. But you can't say immediately, that's not worth it to purchase it. That depends on so many other things, too. You've only looked at the cash-flow during one year, by stating it's a more than 50 000 dollar loss. When you are pricing products you make and sell you should put the same amount per hour for every machine/tool You need to count the salary for the person who is handling the tool + the depreciation of the tool + the costs of maintenance and power consumption. That is different for every tool. Beyond that you have the overhead costs, which are fix, even if you don't produce anything. The way you presented it in the video will cause that many people are going to make a wrong decision, especially on the more expensive tools. There's no way they will have a return on investment somewhere between 5 weeks and 4 months.

Super simple and super helpful! Thank you!

Great topic. Thanks Ryan!

"cleaning out the garage" lol. That made me snort!

Love the business/framework type of content! Nobody else does this. Great job!

That new jig looks much faster and easier to use.

Great idea.

Your labor savings calculation is incorrect. Your approach is an overly simplistic calculation of Return on Investment (ROI). To calculate a full return on investment, you need to first calculate the actual costs (both direct and indirect) and subtract those from the anticipated value of revenue. For example, let's assume you pay workers $10 per hour, have an overhead rate of 48% (low for a manufacturing operation) and a general and administrative rate of 15%. This results in overhead of $5.80 per hour and general and administrative expenses of $1.87 per hour, for a burdened labor cost of $17.67 per hour. The profit per hour is $7.33, or 29.32%. The burdened cost of the labor saved by purchasing the tool is $4,417.50. Subtracting the $350 investment in the tool results in a positive ROI of $4,067.50, not $6,250.00. Failure to properly understand and apply cost accounting principles is the leading cause of failure by small businesses.

Nice and clear presentation Ryan. This formula will work for sound business decisions.

Easy, clear, specific. great video as usual, thanks.

Hi, I started to watch your videos just couples days ago, and I am thinking about buying cnc - but I dont know which one should I buy. My budget is up to 4k usd, was looking into Shapeoko 4, do you think its worth it? I eventually want to go all-in into this buisness but for now I just want to have something that I can learn on and start selling my work. Comparison of today's cnc offers could be next video topic :D also it would be interesting for me to watch how you made those big letters (for wedding etc) - just another idea for next epsiode ;P Greetings from Poland!

Hi, I started to watch your videos just couples days ago, and I am thinking about buying cnc - but I dont know which one should I buy. My budget is up to 4k usd, was looking into Shapeoko 4, do you think its worth it? I eventually want to go all-in into this buisness but for now I just want to have something that I can learn on and start selling my work. Comparison of today's cnc offers could be next video topic :D also it would be interesting for me to watch how you made those big letters (for wedding etc) - just another idea for next epsiode ;P Greetings from Poland!

Q. So are you not collecting any data from those you sell to so you can reach out to them to see if 1. They know anyone else who would love the product, 2. Would they like to get to give products as a gift? Cuz there has to be more happening there than just $cuchhing & go.

First to comment lol. 😀

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Hi I really like your videos thank you for producing them. My machine will be a hobby table top machine that apparently only able to do 100ipm, do you mind making some content about those kinda machines? Reason I’m asking is because the 100 is nowhere near to the mentioned 300-800ipm and I’m a bit clueless how can I play with it to achieve the optimal chip load. Thank you

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what is that cnc model?

I've spent a while from time to time looking for appropriate F&Speeds for my bits and machine. The info available is all over the place. YOU my friend, have me the confidence to push my machine/bits to find what works for me. I am making a spreadsheet after testing my bits individually thanks to you. Tremendous help. I am looking forward to your upcoming chart. Thank you, G

I get that with plywood, but most of my cnc projects are hardwoods, walnut, maple, oak, etc. Does this transfer to those harder woods? I just have a hard time thinking that my onefinity journeyman can handle more than 150 ipm or so.

Awesome ! What diameter of tool was the first one and what feed per tooth you usually use ? would you recommend this same on MDF stock ?

Great success story and an awesome video production! You're what America, the land of opportunity, is all about.

I doubt you are actually hitting 1000 IPM in the pocket. The acceleration and deceleration time of the gantry in small of a pocket takes to long. Around the profile you MIGHT be hitting that IPM. Seeing as the gantry doesn't have to change directions 180 degrees.