Originally Posted by
dharmic
Soft wood and plastic with a small cutter running low feed rates and super high spindle speed? It'd be absolutely fine.
There are many aftermarket A axis bolt-ons available of varying quantity and cost. This would be the equivalent of the $250 eBay ones. Small, very light and bendy frame, low power motor.
Still, like everything else on this mill: if I need to make it tougher, I can make a new frame with bearings and a longer shaft and boost up to a NEMA-34 motor but still use the other bits (chuck, stepper driver etc).