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Lab talk, the good, the bad, and the ugly
Dental-CAD
Amann Girrbach Ceramill motion
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<blockquote data-quote="murtonm" data-source="post: 31081" data-attributes="member: 3149"><p>Thanks guys for your information and advice.</p><p></p><p>I take the point on ROI for a 2 man lab buying a scanner and mill and I can see that it would take a very long time to make it pay.</p><p>My main reason however for considering a scanner and wax mill/printer is more of lifestyle rather than business.</p><p></p><p>Both my wife and I are currently working 7 days a week 16 hr days as I’m sure others of you are. Whilst I accept that owning/running your own lab is never going to be a 9-5 job we could do with reducing our working hours before we both die before the age of 35!</p><p></p><p>My wife takes care of the C&B work and I do the prosthetics. We are both hospital trained and spent many years working in the hospital environment so we are not the fastest technicians in the world although we don’t cut any corners.</p><p></p><p>My wife currently waxes up to full contour before taking putties and cutting back to make the wax coping. Whilst our prices reflect the extra work put it means we are doing long hours. We are currently happy with the amount of work we have and the amount we earn so I feel that being able to scan and mill/print a coping would allow us to produce the same quality/quantity of work in much less time moving the work/life balance to somewhere acceptable.</p><p></p><p>I am not a business man but a technician and we financially we do ok and I currently believe a one off payment of approx £50000 maybe worth it for a better life style!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="murtonm, post: 31081, member: 3149"] Thanks guys for your information and advice. I take the point on ROI for a 2 man lab buying a scanner and mill and I can see that it would take a very long time to make it pay. My main reason however for considering a scanner and wax mill/printer is more of lifestyle rather than business. Both my wife and I are currently working 7 days a week 16 hr days as I’m sure others of you are. Whilst I accept that owning/running your own lab is never going to be a 9-5 job we could do with reducing our working hours before we both die before the age of 35! My wife takes care of the C&B work and I do the prosthetics. We are both hospital trained and spent many years working in the hospital environment so we are not the fastest technicians in the world although we don’t cut any corners. My wife currently waxes up to full contour before taking putties and cutting back to make the wax coping. Whilst our prices reflect the extra work put it means we are doing long hours. We are currently happy with the amount of work we have and the amount we earn so I feel that being able to scan and mill/print a coping would allow us to produce the same quality/quantity of work in much less time moving the work/life balance to somewhere acceptable. I am not a business man but a technician and we financially we do ok and I currently believe a one off payment of approx £50000 maybe worth it for a better life style! [/QUOTE]
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