Originally Posted by
kermit582
thanks for the advice I went to xylotex and looked they seem to have a good kit there. I'm so glad I found cnc zone you guys are going to help me avoid alot of mistakes. Thanks again
I cut some of my first parts recently & a few more today. It has been an experience to say the least. The mechanical build was pretty straight forward. I first looked at everything I could find, home builds all the kits & prebuilts up to and including ESAB, Kokie, etc. Then decided on a direction to head in. Took ideas I had borrowed from others & had some of my own. Did everything drop into place perfectly? NO!
I did end up with a very workable industrial duty machine & one that will be easy and inexpensive to renew any of the bearing guide rails.
I've been almost a year from an Idea to a working table. I worked on it mostly in spare time evenings weekends & took almost all summer off from the project to Go Fishing with my Grandaughter......
I still have a few bugs to work out & some more to add to the table. & lots of learning in the software area.
Good luck Neil.
If it works.....Don't fix it!