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Just ran the numbers on tooling costs for last year
I pulled all my tooling receipts for 2024 last week and totaled it up. Came to $8,430 just for end mills and inserts running a single Haas VF-2. That's way higher than I expected because I always figured the machine paid for itself in 2 years. Anyone else actually track this stuff or do you just write it off as overhead?
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taylor823d ago
Sounds like you bought the machine a second time just in tooling!
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daniel5522d ago
Pretty sure my tooling bill now outweighs what I actually paid for the machine. At this rate I could have just bought a second Bridgeport and kept it in the garage as a decoration. The end mill collection alone is starting to rival a small hardware store. I keep telling myself the chips are basically just expensive metal glitter at this point.
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