Our BIG Baby

Phill · Post by **Phill** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 9:18 am

Nice to see both machines up and running at last, it has been a great thread to read, now lets see if you make any money by having the CMC's, and what creations you can come up with, I bet Graham has a few tuked up is sleeve.

birdman · Post by **birdman** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 3:44 pm

Well here is an example of our playing around today. Great fun and we were working "honest guv".

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Mary Case GCF · Post by **Mary Case GCF** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 4:24 pm

we used the mat optimization feature today, very handy!

Moglet · Post by **Moglet** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 4:59 pm

Do tell us more, Mary! (Really like the lacy designs, btw!

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Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 5:13 pm

Lacy Designs ???? Have I missed something here

Mary Case GCF · Post by **Mary Case GCF** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 5:26 pm

Moglet wrote:Do tell us more, Mary! (Really like the lacy designs, btw! )

mat optimization is when you can nest mounts inside each other, and use fallout for other sized mounts,

we did a whole days worth of work using only 2 sheets of mountboard.

Moglet · Post by **Moglet** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 6:12 pm

Merlin wrote:Lacy Designs ???? Have I missed something here

The top right mount in Mary's pic.

Spit · Post by **Spit** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 6:19 pm

Moglet wrote: The top right mount in Mary's pic.

You mean birdmans?

Moglet · Post by **Moglet** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 6:28 pm

Sorry Rolf. Serves me right for posting on the fly....

Phill · Post by **Phill** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 6:43 pm

Rolf
How easy is it to get Val to cut those mounts, they look so complicated

Mary Case GCF · Post by **Mary Case GCF** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 8:06 pm

Phill wrote:Rolf
How easy is it to get Val to cut those mounts, they look so complicated

relatively simple Phill, we were cutting intricate designs in no time today!

just about to select a key range to offer the plebs, er i mean customers,

Moglet · Post by **Moglet** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 8:11 pm

Just a thought. Lord only knows when I'll get a CMC myself, but getting to share in all this excitement is almost as good as getting one's own CMC!

Sam · Post by **Sam** » Sat 29 Mar, 2008 10:24 am

Phill wrote:Rolf
How easy is it to get Val to cut those mounts, they look so complicated

Hello the forum - newbie here!

Hiya Phill,

It was I who was playing with the new toy and it was as easy as putting the kettle on.

The designs are all stored in Val's user library so its just a matter of click and cut, you are shown how to accsess these and some others on your training day. I did all of my customers work on Val yesterday single, double and multi aperture mounts.

The manual for Val is actually easier to understand than for my kettle, which reminds me i'm off to put it on for a brew.

It also helps to warm up the workshop - bonus!

Phill · Post by **Phill** » Sat 29 Mar, 2008 10:50 am

Áine

Just a thought. Lord only knows when I'll get a CMC myself, but getting to share in all this excitement is almost as good as getting one's own CMC!

I feel the same, but I just can't justify the cost at the moment, you would have to sell a lot of mounts, perhaps our new CMC users could tell us what price they would charge for a fancy mount, and if they think they have made a wise investment.

Post by **John** » Sat 29 Mar, 2008 10:58 am

Hi Sam,

Welcome to the forum.

Maybe I'll get you to 'brew' be a couple of mounts sometime.

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Sat 29 Mar, 2008 11:18 am

Phill

Many years ago we took a long hard look at CMC's and as to whether they would justify the nearly £10k that they cost.

We worked on 5 years for this beast to pay for itself. Two and a half years later it has done that and is now returning profit.

It has allowed us to offer the customers something different as well in the way of 'fancy mounts'. Whilst the standard rectangle/ovals are still the bread and butter mounts we are finding that the multi aperture customised mounts are selling very well, which is a good USP.

Price wise. Well have a look at Merlin Mounts to get an idea.

Phill · Post by **Phill** » Sat 29 Mar, 2008 11:19 am

Hi Sam
It sounds like you had a good time with Val and welcome to the forum, how much setting up time is there, to say, do a double mount, and do they need calibrating to reduce over cuts?

Mary Case GCF · Post by **Mary Case GCF** » Sat 29 Mar, 2008 1:02 pm

did a multi aperture double mount for a customer in 2 minutes today, from design to cutting,

REALLY quick and easy, calibration?not much needed apart from the initial calibration upon install