Badog CNC

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Not unlike most of our clients now a days Badog CNC started out in Romont Switzerland in late 2007 with nothing more than a dream, and about 900 francs in the bank account. But armed with their passion and a 15m2 workshop, a small highly skilled elite group of mechanical engineers from École d'ingénieurs et d'architectes de Fribourg had forged their skills together to envision the impossible Badog Project X. Project X was defined as: To build a self replicating Swiss made computer controlled milling and engraving machine capable of milling plates of aluminium and steel around the same price as the current lightweight CNC engravers on the market.

Essentially: To manufacture a high-tech precision, rigid CNC mill/engraver for the price of a CNC engraver.

Early in 2008 Badog CNC had already used up the entire budget and lost about 70% of their workforce and design team. But it wasn’t until late 2008 when the radical policy of no outsourcing was put into place by the CEO of Badog CNC, the company showed its first light of hope. No outsourcing meant that Badog CNC would have to design their own control modules, circuits, software, machines as well as internally control their website, sales, and marketing. The cost of manufacturing the machine was cut by 65% and once the software and infrastructure was created to 80%. The first Badog X2 milling machine was built later that year and was priced 5900.- lower than any other machine in its class in the world.

The second machine that Badog CNC had manufactured was the Badog X3 which was purchased internally by Badog. This machine from 2008 to 2012 produced an unbelievable 300 complete machines and produced an estimated 25000 pieces in rock, aluminium, steel, vinyl, and wood, and drilled about 100000 holes. It is still faithfully producing machines to this day.