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Lab talk, the good, the bad, and the ugly
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E-Max cad cost vs Pressing cost
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<blockquote data-quote="shane williams" data-source="post: 117098" data-attributes="member: 5938"><p>Thank you everybody for your input. I'm still on the fence. I do see upside with milling E-max, like being able to do everything digital, and the only other step is crystalizing it. I get that would be quit the time saver. I'm not a fan of prices of the material, as well as needing to purchase a mill that has wet capabilities. And it's not just about the money. If the price between CAD and pressed e-max was $10-20 difference that's nothing. Especially when you are already scanning/designing e-max for printing/milling wax. Cuz now you're having to get into a wet mill, lets say you go with Imes, the smallest version they make is 450i which still needs to be converted to a wet mill. The 550i is a wet dry mill. Not sure how much those beasts cost but I'm sure around 75k. And I don't see the 140i a option since it doesn't mill disks, only blocks. So I don't think spending $15-20k on a mill to only do e-max as a viable in my opinion. It would be nice if they made a little longer blank so you could double up copings in them. Just my opinion. Thanks for everybody's help on this subject.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shane williams, post: 117098, member: 5938"] Thank you everybody for your input. I'm still on the fence. I do see upside with milling E-max, like being able to do everything digital, and the only other step is crystalizing it. I get that would be quit the time saver. I'm not a fan of prices of the material, as well as needing to purchase a mill that has wet capabilities. And it's not just about the money. If the price between CAD and pressed e-max was $10-20 difference that's nothing. Especially when you are already scanning/designing e-max for printing/milling wax. Cuz now you're having to get into a wet mill, lets say you go with Imes, the smallest version they make is 450i which still needs to be converted to a wet mill. The 550i is a wet dry mill. Not sure how much those beasts cost but I'm sure around 75k. And I don't see the 140i a option since it doesn't mill disks, only blocks. So I don't think spending $15-20k on a mill to only do e-max as a viable in my opinion. It would be nice if they made a little longer blank so you could double up copings in them. Just my opinion. Thanks for everybody's help on this subject. [/QUOTE]
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