My new machine - Guess the make!

[Andrewg]

Well I've joined the club, collecting my JAZZCNC JZR9060 at the weekend. Dean and son Jarad were so generous with their time running me through all the basic processes to get 'the beast' to dance to my will before sending me on my way with it wedged in the back of my car.

Immensely impressed with the engineering of these machines, it is built to do the job intended but as a result is no lightweight. Glad after suggestions earlier in this thread I had abandoned the idea of casters, and built a robust stand.(tip 1).

Tip 2 for those of us who don't move machine tools about on a regular basis, an engine crane is what you need, so bother any home car mechanics you know or hire one. It even fitted in my small side shed, where by shear luck it's legs fitted between the legs of the stand for a graceful dismount. So much more sedate than trying to get four burley friends to bench press it up there!

So much to learn and master, but great to be moving from pipedreams to practical. Pilsbury's progress has been rather swan like, where as I expect mine will be duck like with more splashing about.

The good news is that Dean already has a second batch in the pipeline.....the bad news is that I believe almost half of them are spoken for already.