First of all: great video's, learned a lot from your setup for my workshop here in the Netherlands. May I ask what brand and type of edge sander you have? Looks perfect, have not seen many nice setups.
it was supposed to be able to scan our barcodes on cabinets and squish according to size. but it can only be typed in one by one. not efficient enough for us
Man i ordered shaker doors from a cnc guy and they cut was so rough and the edge was so sharp and the corner inside the door was so difficult to sand. I'm guessing there's a way where it can be cut better on the cnc? I'm planning on getting a cnc soon
Hi! I’m 33 and recently took the plunge into starting my own small woodworking business. I’ve been saving up, but as you know, the likes of Homag machines are a hefty investment that’s currently out of my reach. I’ve been eyeing Chinese CNC machines and other similar equipment as potentially more budget-friendly alternatives. From your experience, how do they stack up in terms of quality and reliability? Are they capable of handling semi-automated cabinet production, for instance? By the way, I absolutely love your videos-they’ve been a huge source of inspiration for me. Your shop is essentially what I dream of achieving someday. Any advice you can share would be incredibly appreciated!
thank you. this is the exact reason i started making videos. to help people who are starting out and dont know which way to go. its hard to start out now when the bar is set so high. even low end expectations from customers are way up there. its hard to compete without a cnc machine we are looking at some different brands right now for our next expansion. nothing set in stone. but there is one really great chinese brand that looks like it could go toe to toe with the big name brands. i cant go into much more detail without giving away our expansion plans. which will be in an upcoming video
I love this channel! Just out of curiosity, how many people work there in production? The problem with Chinese machines is the after-sales service. the Chinese still can't do what brands like homag do, for example. they sell the product and have a team to provide after-sales service, something that the Chinese still don't have. From the moment the sale is made, the service ends there. Greetings from Portugal
@@marceloalmd89 HEY, thank you for the support. we have 4 people working the shop floor and 2 in the office. the wood machinery market is about to change. stay tuned and you may see the latest and greatest tech in our shop by 2025
Love watching your informative videos, The only thing you have missing is you never introduce yourself. I always tell my guys about this guy up in Canada; we would love to know your name!
Hi, Your parts cart caught my eye. Would you happen to have a gcode file for the vertical dividers you would be willing to share. We a much simpler crude version with only a single row but the double stack idea is awesome. Great video btw.
what we can potentially put out and what we actually put out are different. as most businesses we have a problem with employee retention. so we currently do 30 sheets per day cut+edge+doweled. 35 cabinets build, doors on, packaged. the capacity however, are estimated to be 100 cabinets per shift with this set up
Homag keeps advising me not to insert dowels prior to banding. Thoughts? I love your system. My CNC operator stands there idle while the machine runs mostly.
they advise us the same. but when we decided our operator stood around to much we gave it a try. our cabinets are within .5mm tolerance when doweling before edging.
@@diamondcnc I wasn't totally clear the reasons why. We re edgeband parts after they are doweled and never have had an issue. Almost all of our dowelling starts 32mm in and we have the same 0.5mm tolerance that y'all do. Next rearrangement....
Hi Men : really interested in what you are showing in this vidio - I couldnt make out some of the key points you made . You wouldn't consider reshooting a video on the paint line in detail including price of getting into it Like how to and what systems you put in place to make this happen in your shop. footprint also would be helpful. But either way I really appriciate you sharing with us. Trying to get where you are
The stapled notch edge is a very good idea. Have had that piece fall off before from an other cabinet manuacture in front of customers. It's not cool when stupid things like that happen!
and it would always break off when your in a hurry to get the job out the door. and if one of your guys breaks it and doesn't notice. good luck finding the little piece of wood to glue back on
I enjoy your videos Rob. Your operation looks really clean and organized! I know the feeling of the shop being your "vacation home." Curious how you get most of your work? I'm in commercial space and bid all my work right now. Nothing residential, no closets. I have a lot of the same equipment you do, but feel like I have a long way to go!
thank you, we try to keep it "tour ready" at all times. the shop is our show room. we dont install. so all our projects are brought to us by contractors and designers. we dont have to bid on anything. customers log into our order system and price their own job
@@diamondcnc That is my dream. I lose so much time/sleep/energy/money delivering and installing. Have you done a video on this sales methodology? I'd be really interested to see how that works.
What are your thoughts on Three spline technology? Snap together cabinets, supposedly stronger than dowel cabinets. I believe you could add the cutters to your existing edgebander, I have also seen stand alone machines that cut the necessary grooves and insert the plastic components.
i like them, they eliminate the need to clamp any cabinets. but with full backs im not sure how every part would slide together properly. i havent fully looked into it though. we recently did a plastic dowel test comparison to wood dowels and we will not be switching to plastic
Nice video and nice setup. Always impress with your improvements. Thank you for sharing. Could you share with us what model on staple gun do you use for drawers bottom. Regards.
