Doc how about slowing down and learning the machines you have?? We have seen in your other threads what you have been doing and while there is no doubt you are passionate about technology you are not ready to become a milling center for damn sure.
I can tell you just by buying a bigger and more robust machine doesn't make making the bars any easier. You have to first learn how to walk before you can run.
You have everything you need for moderate volume of milling ti now based on what machine you have in other threads.
Perhaps you should look at the Clearchoice or Permadontics business model a bit closer. Why do you think they don't mill bars in house?
As for a candidate that could walk in and teach you what you need to know,
If I was so inclined which I am not, I would request a min contract for a 5 year term based on performance so that you could not just use the knowledge we have amassed for your own good and dismiss us once you felt confident in the procedures. I would take a percentage of treatment along with a back end percentage based on growth along with a base salary. It would be a very specific contract to protect what I was bringing to the table.
Remember this, any tech with the experience to turn key this venture could easily demand 150 to 200`k a year if they knew their value.
Now how many arches do you have to sell a year to cover the cost of the equipment, the TALENT, and still make any meaningful return on investment?
Now if you somehow find a tech that has no clue about business, is starving, and is happy to share his hard earned knowledge to get you up and running well then more power to ya and good luck. Just be prepared for a long road as this kind of treatment is not for the inexperienced and a few weekend training sessions are nowhere near what you will need to do this kind of dentistry with out having plenty of headaches.
You may indeed be a very talented dr but you are not a machinist , you are not a tech, and the background needed to do this work is so much more than just knowing some software and clicking the mouse and paying for an expensive piece of equipment. After 30+ years doing dentistry I can tell you the success I have today with digital is 100% because I was a good analog tech. The candidate you are looking for is just not out there with ALL of those attributes and if they were they would be infinitely more profitable than the vast majority of the clients they would service.
Of course this is just my fact based opinion and you can dismiss it completely like many Dr's that think running an in-house lab will save them money. Just keep this thread in the back of you head after you look over the books for the first year.
