~7 months ago, before tariff stuff kicked in, the MPCNC TNG topic got me curious about Price vs Cutting Area, so I dug around and shared a snapshot of some commonly used CNCs in this post.
This topic got me curious on if/how things have changed. I initially went through each link to check if they still worked, many didn’t, so I fixed a bunch of links, and pricing… I noticed some companies are out of business, some have raised their prices, 15%-20% seems to be common. A few kept their pricing the same. Maybe I went through the sites too quickly and fluffed up, but Sienci may have reduced their pricing slightly. My effort was time boxed, so don’t trust my data for financial decisions…
That said, when I look at https://aaronse.github.io/mpcnc-tng/cnc-price-vs-area.html, I see a bunch of problems, and opportunities…
(Chart is best viewed on a PC, but can Zoom in or out using mouse wheel, on phone/tablet can use finger pinch/stretch).
If/when I make a video about LR4, I plan to use this to help frame where LR4 sits in the CNC landscape, and the exceptional feature value it provides, while acknowledging the time/quality/support/features offered by “Pro” machines backed by larger companies.