Re: Tormach PCNC1100 market value & depreciation
Is your machine paid for? How close to retirement age are you?
If you are close to retirement, you're gonna need something to do after you pull the plug. If you're not close to retirement and your machine is paid for, keep it until your job slows down. It's not costing you anything to sit there and do nothing.
I bought my machine about 2 years after I was forced into retirement due to a major health issue. I have never looked back.
I owned a real CNC shop before then with FADAL and Haas machines, and I can do anything on my Tormach that I could do on any of those machines, it just takes a little longer. But hey, I'm supposed to be retired so what do I have besides time.
I still bid work as if I was doing it on a 20 horse machine and if I can make half that hourly rate, I'm happy.
I guess what I'm saying here is KEEP YOUR MACHINE
You can buy GOOD PARTS or you can buy CHEAP PARTS, but you can't buy GOOD CHEAP PARTS.