Career in LinuxCNC/machine building

jay wrote:

Yes, in fact I have been considering this exact business. I looked for a local apprenticeship, but couldn't find anyone doing this kind of work locally. A guy on youtube has some great videos. It fits my interests and skills - I wonder how I could find my chances of getting customers. While I do not have a large truck, I can certainly factor that into the costs. If anyone here is involved in this kind of business please let me know the pros and cons.
Thank you langdons

The truck was just an example.

I just meant like use what you have.

If you have a vehicle that can transport large glass panes, that could be useful for a glass engraving business.

If you have a drill press, that could be useful to machine steel.

If you go to a scrap yard and happen to see an old CNC machnefor sale that might be repairable, that machine could become the foundation of your operation.

Use what's available.

(But don't reuse nails, that's just a waste of everyone's time)

And never underestimate how much people will pay you for basic computer assistance.

Literally unplugging a PC and plugging it back in can likely earn you $100.

Just pretend it's difficult and people will pay you, that's how the economy works.

A broader opportunity could be to try and get involved in plant automation. This will get you using a lot of fieldbus technology like ethercat which is transferrable to CNC machines which are only a very small subset of this automation industry.