Hi Rayna,
Thanks, always happy to help. But as I always say, my comments are based on my opinions and experience, which as you may have noticed here on cnczone, everyone has a different opinion at times on the same topic. :-)
Having said that, I don't plan on machining steel but from what I've seen, it's a whole different class again, and you may well need a much heavier mass machine with more powerful steppers.
For this I would definately defer to the smarter folks here who have experience with steel machine on a CNC table, as mine is limited to alu and wood/plastics so i can only comment from that perspective.
From what I understand, the mechanical stresses, forces and torque involved for steel machining is much higher.
cheers,
Ian
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