Welcome to the forum (some times mad house) Ian.

A good start would be to have a read through some of the build logs on here to get an idea of the different ways people have achieved their goals.

As usual the standard advise is not to buy any electronics as kits or indeed any rails, screws etc. until you have an idea of what you would like your new toy to do ie cutting timber is a lot different than aluminium.


It would be good if you could get your designs into some sort of CAD like Sketchup or Fusion 360. Although I don't use Fusion 360 it is very powerful and has CAM built in. It is also used by quite a few members on here.


Good luck with your bulid