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I need to know the secret to making money that everyone seems to already know.
Lately, I have been craving to get a CNC machine to start a side hustle making stuff (and having fun with it) but coming up with the initial buy-in is proving difficult for some reason (life sucks, monitarily speaking these days).
I really want a Laguna 4 foot x 8 foot Swift, but that would stack in at around $25k and pretty much take over my garage, which is fine, because it would also allow me to reliably build pieces large enough to become furniture such as tables, cabinetry, and entertainment centers. Failing that, I have my eyes set on a OneFinity CNC machine which basically has a cutting area of 32" x 32" (1000mmx1000mm) which would be perfect I suppose for things like trays and other pieces I could sell on Etsy and eBay. Even that however has a buy-in of around $2600... Well $2600 plus about $150 to build a 5-foot table for it out of 2x4 lumber and MDF.
My Dream machine, the Laguna Swift -- https://lagunatools.com/cnc/swift-series/vacuum/
My Starter-Kit standby, the OneFinity CNC -- https://www.onefinitycnc.com/
I have been trying the stock market, but I don't have the luck of getting in early on a GME, or crypto coin and flipping it for enough to pay off my house. So far with about $5k invested, I'm about 7% up depending on the day (today I seem to be around 2% for the year, last week it was 9%), so I'm perplexed. What am I missing and why does every idiot on YouTube seem to know how to pull thousands of dollars out of their hat and become millionaires?
Wayne
Lately, I have been craving to get a CNC machine to start a side hustle making stuff (and having fun with it) but coming up with the initial buy-in is proving difficult for some reason (life sucks, monitarily speaking these days).
I really want a Laguna 4 foot x 8 foot Swift, but that would stack in at around $25k and pretty much take over my garage, which is fine, because it would also allow me to reliably build pieces large enough to become furniture such as tables, cabinetry, and entertainment centers. Failing that, I have my eyes set on a OneFinity CNC machine which basically has a cutting area of 32" x 32" (1000mmx1000mm) which would be perfect I suppose for things like trays and other pieces I could sell on Etsy and eBay. Even that however has a buy-in of around $2600... Well $2600 plus about $150 to build a 5-foot table for it out of 2x4 lumber and MDF.
My Dream machine, the Laguna Swift -- https://lagunatools.com/cnc/swift-series/vacuum/
My Starter-Kit standby, the OneFinity CNC -- https://www.onefinitycnc.com/
I have been trying the stock market, but I don't have the luck of getting in early on a GME, or crypto coin and flipping it for enough to pay off my house. So far with about $5k invested, I'm about 7% up depending on the day (today I seem to be around 2% for the year, last week it was 9%), so I'm perplexed. What am I missing and why does every idiot on YouTube seem to know how to pull thousands of dollars out of their hat and become millionaires?
Wayne