Originally Posted by
janz99
I haven't started any hard designs yet, but I do have a few ideas kicking around. I was thinking of using 2x3x.187/.250 wall for the framing. I'm not quite sure about the gantry yet, but after posting this I'm having second thoughts about if this machine will be up to the task. I don't do a ton of steel machining, mostly alum parts for my race car, but on occasion I machine stainless flanges or steel flanges.
I might be better off starting out with a grizzly bench top mill or the little machine shop mill and converting it to cnc. It doesn't give me the working area I would ideally need, but I might be able to get creative with multiple setups. I don't have a huge budget for this, and I'm not sure the budget is large enough to get what I want/need out of a machine like this.