Thinking of buying one of these little things

[HankMcSpank]

Hi guys,

does anyone know about this machine, is it aw4-smart?

http://www.gumtree.com/p/hobbies-col...fer/1116742107

thanks

That's a lot of money for a basic (poorly spec'ed) machine...either the cost of CNC machines has shot up since I last was i the market, or the seller is chancing his luck. To give you an example, I paid £500 for a secondhand model identical to this...



...proper ballscrews (vs. threaded rod) ...larger milling area (30 x 20), chunky 16mm aluminium side profiles etc.

You can likely build one for less, but the irony is you need a CNC machine to build one effectively (it's a conundrum like "how does the snow plough driver get to work"?)