Quote Originally Posted by Pilsbury View Post
My machine is capable of machining aluminium.... would be fairly thin though, a few mm. Not hardcore milling
Mark, your machine is capable of much more than a few mm in Ali but you will need to use different tool paths like adaptive/ trochoidal to get the best from it.
Also, the bed isn't really suited to cutting Ali because you'll need some kind of lubricant to cut Ali properly which doesn't mix well with an MDF spoil board.

But these things are easily got around or changed if find you are doing more Ali work than wood.

All I'll say is Ali and wood don't mix well together on a machine and cutting Ali is very messy.