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Just a warning - there is a scammer who keeps listing a Boxford machine on ebay at a low starting bid price. He asks you to email him for the buy it now price. He replies by email and gives you a low...

Like many (I assume) I had grown to love having the features of a full 3D parametric modelling available to me for my home projects, not that I often need all the power it provides. The removal of...

Mach3 is an aging dinosaur and Mach4 is full of bugs so best avoided.

The other suggestions are ok but come with their own little traits, like Linux CNC having a steep learning curve for anything...

I made my own
Basically a 6mm ball bearing silver soldered on to a piece of silver steel about 2” long
The other end is threaded m4
It screws into a piece of brass bar and the brass bar is bonded...

Depending what you want to cut you may get away with a Denford Router, though it isn't the recommended route it would give you well over 9" x 9" you are looking for. Most of my work is engraving or...

9" Y travel is quite a lot.

Short of an industrial size machine, you're probably looking at some of the Chinese machines, and converting one yourself.
ArcEuroTrade sell the Sieg SX3.5, which has...

What you will find unless you have a very large budget and equally large workshop space is that there is always a need for a larger machine because of a certain job
I had this issue for some years...

You will have to look for something other than a Denford if you need to cut 9" x 9". The starmill has a capacity of 160 X 90mm and the Triac 290 x 150 so both are too small.

It sounds like you know what you're doing and looking for, from your reply. The envelope is a real limiter - a 9" throat on a small mill (and for the Denfords, that includes the StarMill, NovaMill...

The Starmill will actually fit in the back of a 2008 Fiesta Style - been there done that.

It all comes down to size.

In terms of their dedicated milling machines.
Starmill is the smallest.
Novamill is the next size up, although I don't think there is much difference in terms of...

Heh - pretty much identical to my thought process..!

Yep - second the three-flute recommendation - the little carbide 3/3mm has done loads of full depth edge milling and it's quite happy to do...

Hi Brian,

I'll answer this because Wal might not like to say much about the machine without my permission.

The machine he did the spanner on, not sure about the nuts.?, is one of my designs and...

There are separate areas for Milling and routers. You are probably looking in the general Discussion area which is exactly that for general discussions about anything.
It's just that routers are...

Hi,

I will answer your question regards why it's not suitable for aluminum and to be quite honest why it's only just suitable for cutting wood, and to be honest, I'd question its ability on very...

Here's the other design with it's clothes off.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBUMYFMebwU&feature=youtu.be

If you want to cut steel and the parts will fit then buy a Milling machine is my advice. Building a machine to cut steel is at a different level to one for wood/aluminum.

The principles of the...

Forget the WorkBee or any of those you will be disappointed I promise you that.!
The Budget needs to be 2K to do it right if building DIY.




600 x 600 is the perfect size to start your...

Indeed Jazzcnc,
So given I don't have a business case, but want to explore what the capability would bring to my workshop....the choice comes down for me at least to buy a Workbee or build my own...

I'm currently designing a small machine aimed at cutting harder materials to a high standard but nothing to show yet. When I've built the prototype I'll show it and it will be for sale.

The answer to the question "Is this any good" is NO. . . .BUT . . . . If you said is this any good to learn CNC with then answer is Yes. Just don't expect to do the things you see others do with more...

#1 Machine type, Mill
#2 Cutting area X 300min, Y 200 min, Z 300min
#3 Ideal overall footprint no greater than an 8 foot cube (Like the mix of metric for small & imperial for big? I really do...