Hi,
After a number of years I have finally decided (I think) to buy a machine. Most commercial hobby machines do not seem to have fully supported lead rails (such as the high-z from www.cnc-step.com, though quite sturdy rails). The videos on youtube all seem nice though. What are the experiences comparing supported vs non supported rails? I'm not into heavy steel milling but I want to be able to machine aluminium and possibly smaller steel parts whilst having no preference on speed.
For my needs and budget the smaller of the machines from either www.cnc-step.com, www.bzt-cnc.de or www.hobbycnc.com seem ideal. hobby-cnc are actually supported but claim less precision... The manufacturers specify very nice precisions and repeatabilities but thats probably unloaded?
Any thoughts or experiences with these or similar machines?
Thanks,
Daniel