Building a Business with CNC - Andy Bird Builds - Carbide 3D People

[@kimnwaneri]

Ahhh predictable consistent work >>> Didn't know you don't pay sales taxes on wholesale products! Great Vid

[@TheRockabillyArts]

It's considered a business to business transaction which has different tax rules around it.

[@AllanScheSar]

Can we get back Winston in front of the camera? I missed his heart beat.

[@JohnColgan.]

Can we get more Winston too ?

[@WinstonMakes]

Don't worry, I'm still here. Just working on other kinds of content...

[@JohnColgan.]

Glad to hear it !!

[@epipe4]

Wow, great info!!

[@ClintonCaraway-CNC]

I DISAGREE WITH ONE THING!!! The biggest mistake I made when starting out was investing almost two years into learning to use Carbide Create completely. 1st-STL is the industry standard file format for models. For some reason C3D didn't design Carbide Create to be compatible with the STL file format. 2nd - Wasting two years getting use to using Carbide Create so like Andy says in the video.... you can get another software down the road was like starting out a day one!! The #1 absolutely biggest most important piece of advice I can give you is start off with a software you can grow into instead of out of. You don't want to get years down the road a a customer ask for a certain product and you have no way to design it or to import files to make it. 🤔

[@TheRockabillyArts]

I think I spent about a week using Carbide Create Pro before just buying V-Carve Pro. Having been an avid Fusion360 user for years I found that using CCP was so woefully underpowered and feature stripped I couldn't deal with it.

[@colinbarlow946]

Completely agree with using fusion 360- which is still free for the hobbyist. . love the shapeoko - have done a number of upgrades - but especially if you are genuinely going 3D designs - u need fusion or another alternative.

[@LongTailWoodcraft]

STL isn’t the industry standard for subtractive manufacturing, it’s STEP

[@DesignCraftWorkshop]

Great video andy!

[@AndyBirdBuilds]

Glad you enjoyed Bao!

[@alanbuilds7829]

Awesome info Andy!

[@AndyBirdBuilds]

Hope you found it helpful, Alan!

[@charlieandcrewdad]

Great information Andy! Keep crushing it man

[@AndyBirdBuilds]

Thanks so much, Danny!

[@resorter66]

So Andy how do you find customers Jeff Peters

[@nkathiefrontjes240]

Very informative..

[@TT-qb2oj]

So how can I get help with my shapeoko Pro only been using it for a couple of mo. and it will not finish a job. So flustrating!!

[@carbide3d]

Email: [e-mail] We will take care of you.

[@JeromeDemers]

wow, I knew Andy channel but did not know he was selling to Esty sellers!

[@StevenDavisPhoto]

I think it would be more worth it to do retail yourself and just under their cost a bit. It wouldnt be hard if you're cheaper and have great photos. People aren't loyal to brands on etsy. Etsy Is the brand. They just find a product they want for the right price from a well rated seller.

[@mdroton4302]

Hello.i live in italy. I see all of your video.now i decided to bye a cnc mescine. But i have no experience. So please can you helf to by a small cnc mescine. Thank you

[@Mrdsmith500]

Etsy has to be made mostly by you. You can have help from someone else if your design. If mass-produced by someone else is an no-no on Etsy.

[@Anthony-H]

Got news for ya. 90% of the stuff on Etsy are no-name knockoffs from China that is resold as "handmade."

[@pedrodheming2044]

My problem that I’m facing. Is that no one can help me to operate my shapeoko xxl. I bought it about 3 months ago. I’m about to sell it. I need help I even offered to pay. For the teaching. Very Disappointed.

[@carbide3d]

Hang in there Pedro. We have a variety of content, coming soon, aimed at people learning the machine and the software for the first time.

[@carbide3d]

Also, Winston has a variety of terrific content from his journey through CNC. kzbin.infovideos

[@pedrodheming2044]

@@carbide3d I hope so. I spent my savings. I’m a disabled person. I just don’t know what to do. Thank you

[@rpnp2]

What are you exactly having a problem with? setting it up? or the software? i.e. carbide create/motion

[@pedrodheming2044]

@@rpnp2 software. My shapeoko is set. Ready to make stuff but. When I want to make a American flag. I don’t know how to do it. Not only that. I even bought the bits set from Amana. I need help. Thank you in advance

[@MAD_MADDY-]

No way is he only spending $50 on all that walnut.

[@Talathel]

I can tell you that I buy walnut slabs directly from small local mills around me and it is significantly cheaper to buy from them. I only pay between 7-9 bf for walnut. And because I spend so much money with them they often cut me deals. So it’s very possible.

[@ajcustomcreations2109]

That's what I was thinking. Even if you can get walnut at 7-9$ a board foot, his trays are 7 inches long and at least 2.5 inches wide. Once you add in the extra inch of waste all the way around each tray your looking at 9x4 1/2 inches per tray. That's 2 maybe 3 trays per board foot. You would have to get it for 3 dollars per board foot. He made 48 for $50 in material. So he's paying 3$ per board foot for walnut? More like 150$ in materials.