Help!! Fruitless searching for an inexpensive 24"x36" DIY metal table.
Hi all,
I have been looking for a kit or plans that will allow me to build a router table big enough to do guitar bodies so a table size of 24" x 36" is my minimum requirnment. I have previously build a Seig X2 metal mill converted with CNC Fusion's kit in the past and it costed less than $1500 with top teir electronics (Gecko 540, Nema 284's and 387's, etc etc) and didn't require any DIY cobling to build it and doesn't come off as looking "scratch built" or cheap. The reason I mention this is that all the threads I have read are quoting crazy pricing for the parts list and still its just a pile of raw matirial and loose parts and a total build cost of over $2,000 for this size in metal not including electronics. That seems way out of line. Is there nobody out there that is offering a bare kit or prebuilt table (ready for electronics) at a fare price?
I saw the "Probotix Fireball Comet" but its danm near $3,500 and is a full ready to roll product where I am looking for a bare bones kit. (If only the offered that as a kit for under $500 with no electronics whick is what I think it is worth...if that.) I don't want to come across as a cheapo but come'on isn't there a good value to be had somewhere out there?
Questions:
1. Is there a "kit" that is made of metal that is bare bones and resonably priced (under $500) without electronics?
2. Is there a "DIY plan" that is more or less the defacto standard one to use to meet my goals as outlined in the above paragragh?
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