New member here... Advice on CNC machine... 4-5k?

[Andrewg]

You don't say what you want it for, but assuming it is for serious hobby cutting of wood and perhaps a bit of aluminium, then I shared my thought a little while ago in THIS thread. My conclusions was that the best commercial solution for me was the 6090Q Itech from Scott and Sargent as it is the same machine as badged Laguna IQ in the US. A sound steel, linear rail and ballscrew mechanical unit, whilst electronics likely to be weaker. The 4inch travel beyond the bed is valuable for machining ends of boards.

Avid are kits and must be imported from US however othe popular hobby brands Axiom and I2r are both available via StoneyCNC in UK and might be reasonable solutions with support available.

I came here as self build appeared to offer a saving of £2-3k, and allow better tailoring of spec but is not a trivial undertaking. So when JazzCNC offered to build a batch of 6090 small machines I quickly put name down.

Hope some of that helps, good luck with your decision making.