Hi, my name Paul. I have been looking at CNC plasma cutters for a while but have a very tight budget do to only having a small amount of regular work for it.

I am looking at building a machine that can plama cut (or mill) retangles into 2mm-40mm x 40mm and 2mm-40mm x 80mm box section @ 4000mm long and then drill / tap holes down the centre line. I have been unable to find anything on the market that can do this within a sensible budget and that's not older than me.

30 years ago I used to service / programme pick and place machines, so I have a good knowledge base to build on, out dated but solid.

I'm am literally at the start of the project, so looking for ideas from software to servo drives.

Many thanks.