Thanks for the reply.

- The plan is mostly wood but with the possibility of occasional aluminium in the future - happy for it to go super slow with alu as it would be so infrequent.
- Budget wise I'm realistic in that it would likely be around £1500 though less would be nice.
- Unsure maximum footprint however I'd like to keep the working surface around 1500mm x 750mm.
- Self standing is the plan.
- Was originally planning on aluminium extrusion all round but the steel frames look pretty good and solid.
- Moving gantry.
- No idea on spindle or electronics at this point.

I quite like Joe's build here - http://www.mycncuk.com/threads/4513-3-Axis-CNC-router

Steel frame, high sides, aluminium gantry etc