Hi Joe,

I just stumbled across your thread by accident whilst Googling "budget cnc router" and I cannot believe nobody has commented yet.

I like your design very much and it has provided me with a lot of inspiration. The build and finish quality is also very good and a lot of thought has gone in to keep everything neat, tidy and purposeful.

I have yet to build my router but I have been developing its design in my head for a while now and my concept coincidentally shares a lot with your design:

- Off the shelf budget materials
- Belt drive
- Diy spindle using brushless outrunner
- Ability to tackle aluminium

My router will be used mainly to cut balsa and ply for my first hobby which is RC aircraft, but I have recently bought a mini lathe and a mini mill and my interest in metalword has mushroomed as well, so my router design must now also be able to tackle aluminium and eventuually handle a 4th axis module. How well has your design coped with aluminium?

The only deviation I would make from your design, apart from dimensions, is not to use precision ground rails. This is purely to keep within the budget/diy ethos of my project. I will probably adopt a linear gude system as used by the Momus router (Google it).

Thanks for sharing your work. I am impressed and inspired.

Kind regards,

Kenneth