Something else to consider, I'll look into it.

Having at long last got my machine into a state I'm hoping (with everything crossed) is going to prove workable and reliable for a reasonable period of time, I've finally tidied up, taken a photograph and given myself an avatar. The room is exactly 2 metres wide so the dust extractor is mounted high on the wall with the water tank underneath. Underneath that is a trolley with the controller (breakout board, stepper drivers and PSU in an old PC box) plus LinuxCNC computer. Cutting area is 940 x 640 mm.

Maybe we need a thread based on "what did you make with your CNC machine today?" There's no end of stuff on this website about the machines themselves but precious litle about what we all actually do with them!

Kit