Not trying to sell you or anyone anything here but may be would be of interest to you. If time is not an issue, cause i am a bit busy right now.

I am currently designing a couple of small CNCs cause i want to start small home production of quality machines. All will be made entirely of 20mm aluminum plate. All 200mm Z axis.

So i have semi finished 3 designs of small machines. I don't want to load you with information now, just the thing is that maybe i will start making first the 600x400x200 moving gantry prototype. As i have semi finished drawing of the fixed gantry machine if you are interested i could provide you the drawing, only condition will be to use what elements i tell you, so you act like a test pilot

The said machine will easily handle 3kw spindle or even much more.

400x400x200mm, the bearing design and rails spacing is already tested on my previous build 1, the yellow machine, so no risks here. Parts will be around 3000$$ so you only have to put all together.

Apart from being light years better from anything i know of for the same $$ it would be extremely strong and beautiful, remember, all parts 20mm aluminum including the tool table.

Even the moving gantry machine will easily do the same plus its even more versatile. The yellow machine using mere 0.8kw spindle handles with fully extended Z aluminum with perfect finish with 1.5mm depth of cut, 800mm/min 12000RPM

And remember i am talking about OTT machines capable of working 24/7, not toys.


About the Tormach, i dont believe it could hold 0.05mm precision from what i have read around.