Four options for an unwilling builder

[Maurizio]

Hi Doddy, perhaps I don't. To me journal bearings has meant oil lite/bronze/synthetic bushings.

Likewise although that was the quoted tolerance, I suspect I have got mixed up. After all, they work even with a small amount of slop in them!

No, not a bed, I was just giving a size of the piece to give context! So a 17x17mm piece, with some engraving on top. I just wanted to check that this level of detail was feasible. Good point on the spindle speeds!

You're right! There is definite flexibility in my designs however, so looking at e.g. warco wm 16, it has 400mm by 170 of table travel, so could work if I just segmented the bigger designs.


Overall - you're quite right! It might not be possible to have a machine to do the wood/art projects and the aluminium/technical projects. But I'll shoot for the moon first, and if its not possible so be it. And only then will I start buying things