Wow, over a year has passed since I last touched this project! (too many other projects getting in the way...)

I have decided to sell my laser cutter and put the money towards funding this new project....

I have been doing quite a bit of thinking and have concluded that if I'm going to do this I may as well do it properly! Browsing the forum I came across a design by JAZZCNC which looks much more substantial. In fact it may look a little overkill for what I need. I may be aiming to use more aluminium profile to keep costs down. Although I really have no idea as to how much those ally plates (gantry in the link below) would cost to have machined?

http://www.mycncuk.com/threads/6274-...ext-step/page2