Was about to get a toy- then I did some research...

[Juranovich]

Wow glad to see so many replies!

I’ve been operating my machine for a couple of years and if there is one thing I would tell anyone who is designing a CNC... think scenarios where things go wrong. How easy will it be to fix or adjust your machine.

This, I'm def a fan of simple solutions. So I've done my best to keep my design free from unnecessarily complicated solutions. Sometimes it might come at the expense of top notch quality, but then again I'm here to learn!

Welcome to the forum. You'll find plenty of help and advice here.
You have to make a minimum number of posts (10 I think) before you can upload pictures. have a look at the forum rules.

Kit

Good to know. Actually, I was lucky there is such a rule as it gave me more time to consider my design (which now is even more developed) :)

Welcome to the forum :)

Yeah... this is quite a time-sink (and potentially money-sink) of a hobby.... ;)

Based on your post title, I'm guessing you were thinking of grabbing one of those pre-made Chinese jobbies off ebay?

Yup, something like that. And I'd probably been quite happy with whatever I would've got had I not dug into it. Nontheless I figure it won't be cheap anyway (time or moneywise) so I might as well make building one a hobby in itself + I'll have to learn the basics of electronics which I've never made time for!