Building cages as a business

[KevinK]

While I admire KevinK's shock and awe market domination strategy...a CNC would be great but an enclosure is a very simple structure and with good quality fixture/jigs you could pump out enough cages to see if this is going to take off for you without a great deal of investment.

To manufacturer, you will need a quality router, a drill, a table saw capable of handling full length material and the capability to design/build manufacturer your own jigs. A jig is a fixture made to attach to a raw sheet of material that will guide your router(or drill) so that it can't stray off course. You will need them for door openings, recessed channels, screw hole guides and such. Search: wood working router jigs and go to images...look at how they fixture wood (or whatever) to guide the router.

“Simple jig”.....so now you’re talking custom jigs and a very expensive table saw to handle that much abs in 4x8 sheets all day + routing and tooling. Also, how much time are you dedicating to building a cage with that setup by the way? Animal Plastics runs cnc’s and can’t keep up with their own demand. You planning on building a handful of cages a week or something? It all goes back to production numbers? Are you doing this as a business or a hobby?...because if In doing it as a business I’m not screwing around with a table saw and a hand router. No way.


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