My name Steve from Hungary.
I am mechanical engineer and work as drafter with SW earlier Inventor.
My former job was Miller on Hurco . By the way I spent some time on Bridgeport with Heidenhain control but for me the Hurco is the No1(ultimax of corse). I liked it very very much but being 53 I had to look more convenient job for the next 50.
Two years ago when I caught the CNC virus I built an A3 format machine with small steppers and Chinese board. It made some circle with a pen and I soon recognised my need: a real machine not a toy.
During collecting information I found this page with useful information for my machine that will be similar to Ba's one.
So he and JazzCNC who I know a little from the discussion of Ba's 1 year old design .
I am quite busy at my workplace but try to follow the site and share my experience on Solidworks or Inventor or others if any question arise .
And hope I share the birth of my 1 m x 2 m gantry with your kind help.

Regards
vargai