Hello all - from the west on the other side of the pond

[Fred101]

I'm in the San Diego area of Southern Calif.

I program CNC machines for GKN (you might recognize GKN) aerospace here in El Cajon.

I make stuff from wood and metal "bits" ().

Decided to make myself a horizontal mounted CNC router to make dovetail corners, mortise-tenon joints and a little general routing.

I bought stepper motors/drives/power supply as a kit from Ebay, need to source a breakout board, ways and lead screws still. Will use Mach3 maybe 4 to control it. (Must be USB, parallel ports have gone the way of the Dodo). Oh, and the frame will be 1.25 11ga sq tube (roughly 32mm 3mm wall for the metrically inclined)

Just completed a 2 axis plasma table I bought online from Langmuir Systems. Had some issues with the lead screws but I think that has been resolved. It was a good starter for my CNC router project.

Glad I found the group.

Fred