I'm in the process of making a cnc table. It'll have a cutting surface of 6' x 11'. Since I work in the metal industry, I find good deals on large heavy pieces of steel. My bottom beam will be made from 10" I-beam and have 6" I-beams running across the table. The top plate will be 1/4" thick. It's all heavy steel but that's the point. I'm trying to avoid the table from flexing even a little bit. I know the characteristics of metal very well. It doesn't take much welding for metal to start warping on you. I wish I had a nice CAD design to share the final design but I don't have the time or skills to make something decent and more importantly, understandable. I'm planning for my cnc table to be multipurpose. It'll be designed so that the head can be interchanged with different cutting components. I plan to make attachments for routers, plasma, engraver and and let's see what else I can come up with. There will be more to follow as I progress.