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MY FLA 4 x 4 Saturn with metal gantry is up and running, tuned and working to perfection.

If you want a robust machine for a nice price and can do the work needed to make this machine work correctly it's one of the best deals on the net.

If you need a plug and play system and are the type that needs cry to the manufacturer about defects run don't walk to another manufacturer.

There is no way a newb or even an experienced person that didn't have access to a shop with every tool under the sun(like I have the luxury of having at home) could build this machine and get it working. Still, y the price/performance ratio is near unbeatable.

I built and owned an AVID(CNC RouterParts.com machine) I built 3 Joe machines, every variation. I built many others of my design and own a few other premade machines still as well. This Saturn is the one of the best, if not the best of the bunch. That being said it also was the most trouble to assemble, build and tweak to get running other than my made from scratch machines of course.

Many would of seen this machine as a huge defect and returned it complaining to the manufacturer. To get a machine all steel like this with no issue's is going to cost you double I am sure, so take it for what it is. A starting point for a nice DIY machine build.

To me if you are placing linear rail on steel or mdf etc and dealing with all steel welded construction you should know what you are getting into. I did , I do, this is my second FLA and these machines rock if you go in thinking that it's a DIY machine, not an AVID plug and play screw together machine.

The FLA with the 80/20 gantry is going to give a person far less trouble so I suggest that if anyone wants to try go for that. And again, if you are the type that needs to call the manufacture for issues just don't buy a machine from Fine Line at all, their machines(well his machines) are not for you.

I will post more pics and vids later. I cut the parts for the inlay shown, so it's working well for me.


https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1Q...0V2T-WrouFh1BM