Re: What Part To Start ?
Big question of the day. Is the end result going to justify all the expense?
You will have a 3,000 lb machine, with extra heavy duty motors and everything to carve out wood kitchen cabinets. But not on a production basis. In other words perhaps $30,000 or $40,000 and for all practical purposes is going to be white elephant.
A production shop can purchase a new one with factory support and parts cheaper than your custom built one. Same way on larger machine, they want support and factory training. A hobby user will not have room for it, and the standard 4 inch thick concrete floor is going to crack under that weight. So that means a new reinforced base floor / foundation.
As one poster said, if you want something solid that will not move, bolt it to the floor. Industrial machines are leveled and bolted to the floor, why not yours?
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