Help planning a small(?) router for aluminium please

[JAZZCNC]

Hi,

Fixed or moving gantry the cost will be very similar. Swings and roundabouts really. What you save on one style you'll ie: shorter rails/ballscrews you'll lose on other ie: more frame material etc. So suggets you forget costs and choose based on whats best for your needs.

So would be better if told us what want to do with machine.

Now biggest mistake people make is trying to build on the cheap.and buying/designing on the fly with result 99% of the time ends up costing them 1/2 much again because they buy cheap components then realize not up to the job or design changes so useless.

The best approach to building a machine that will fit your needs exactly and happen in a stress-free manner is to research and design the machine to a decent level of accuracy before doing or buying anything.
Then when you have design nailed down it will lead you to material and component sizes etc so can get accurate costings.

Building a great cost effective machine isn't difficult but it's very easy to go about it wrong and starting off with a mindset of Cheapest is not a good approach IME.