Hi,
I have been reading threads here and elsewhere on building the Torchmate 1 CNC table and have a pretty good idea that I can handle this project.
I have the skills to assemble and weld up the table but I have perhaps a stupid question:
Most steel I see and buy is a little bowed or warped at the steel supply house I buy from. Just how critical is it that everything be straight and level when building up the Torchmate 1 ? Is it absolutely essential that the steel I use be straight? It would seem obvious that it would have to be.
Is cold rolled steel the answer and if so is it usually fairly straight? I have never seen or bought this locally. I would have to order it.
This is the only foreseeable problem I do not have an answer to before I take the plunge.
thanks Larry.