Hi,
I've been looking into purchasing a new cnc router in the UK and having looked at all the options here and in Europe, US and China, I am now leaning strongly towards the chinese machines. This is mainly due to the excellent price and also the helpful feedback on this forum.
However, despite a lot of good feedback here, this seems like a high risk purchase. I've read about a few minor problems which are easily fixed, but also some more major ones. I just looked up "Excitech CNC" on youtube and the first machine that came up appeared to have major alignment problems which I think would be difficult to resolve. I'm now wondering how likely major problems are and whether they would be resolved by the manufacturer.
I'm looking for a 1200 x 1200mm working area machine and there appears to be a choice between ball screw and rack and pinion drive. Is one better than the other? The machine will be used for cutting MDF, but I have been told that I can use either 'woodworking' or 'advertising' machines for this. Also, I was wondering which manufacturer is best as their machines all look the same or very similar.
I would be grateful for any advice.
Thanks,
Richard.