Hate to be a killer of joy but you asked for additional info. That machine is not right for the quantities and what you want to do. It's your money and do as you wish.
I wish that people will tell me what I'm doing wrong and what I should be doing - and so far I'm pleased with all the advice I'm getting. Advice is cheap - buying the wrong machine expensive (and stupid!).
You need to grind wet to avoid heat.
I realize that. The Syil guys say that those photos don't show the proper coolant system that you can get with the machine. I'm also figuring that we'll need a custom chuck, splashguards, auto-dresser, etc....
No, ain't no deisgner of reeds by any means, but my father's music major instrument was the accordian. He repaired them, and hand made reads...
Sounds like you've got a good handle on what we're up against.
Now if a pro shop can't rationalize out making money on your item or knows proper investment to meet your criteria what makes you think your going to do it for a fraction of cost and with an infearier machine.
"Pro" shops can't seem to make reeds at any price - period. We're not looking to make reeds at a fraction of the cost than we can get them from the Italians or Czech... we would gladly buy them if they cost 5 times as much as accordion reeds - but we don't want accordion reeds, we want concertina reeds - but no one makes concertina reeds for sale... so if we can't find someone to make them for us... we have to make them ourselves.
Have you ever considered changing the design of the reed?
Yes, but there's not much one can do before they're no longer concertina reeds.
-- Rich --