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Starting off with a 5 LPM machine and adding a second one on down the road is fine and is something a lot of people do.

It depends on the size work you are doing and the size work you are planning to be able to do in the next couple of years as to what might work best for you:

If you are already making beads that are 1" and larger, or think that you soon will be, it might be better to start with a larger machine - and then you won't have to worry about keeping up with two of them.

If you make small beads, and just love them and don't see yourself going larger than 1", then you might get a 5 LPM machine and find that's all you'll ever need.