Quote Originally Posted by brman View Post
But I have already been beaten into submission by jazzcnc so will not be going down the wood route anyway. Well, I don't think so anyway..... ;)
Well, my work here is done then.! . . . . Some times people need to be given the shock n aww treatment to get them to listen. My only aim is to help not only you but others also reading this post. If other long term members of this forum are honest they will tell you a lot of what they learned or machine designs they use or some version of it came via me or the person they learned it from got it via me.
ie; "Building in lots of adjustment". "Buying quality components to save money". "Using steel and epoxy" " Mixing Steel n profile" " High sided machine frames rather than flimsy gantry sides" among others.

Also, I doubt those that started with wood/Mdf, or bought a shity component package, knowing what they know now would do it again or advise anyone else to do the same even if they did learn from it. . . . We don't drive cars with stone wheels because our cave-dwelling brothers learned how to build the wheel do we.?

So it's your choice if you choose to ignore my advice because like you, I won't lose any sleep if you do ignore it. But I guarantee you will have several sleepless nights and hair-pulling frustrations if you do proceed and try to cut corners or not listen to those with experience. Again good luck.!