MDF CNC Router plans / parts for home build beginners

[mel_earp]

I understand the points you make Irving. If the target audience is the beginner then surely it is worth taking the views of the beginner - and I am totally a beginner who has made nothing CNC, just read a lot. From my perspective wood is good and metal is difficult (can't think of a suitable rhyme). For others it will be different and they will prefer metal to wood.

The common skate carriage is easily made because in the basic form you saw a bit off, drill four holes and bolt the bits together. As you go more complex then more chance of error or frustration.

And I do have a drill press.

[pjl83]

I've been thinking about my own build plans and how I'm going to run the bed. I'm considering the skate method as it's simple and cheap. I then thought about using v-groove bearings and running them directly on top of a piece of angle. My sketch-up skills aren't great but hopefully you get the idea. It would be a moving bed with the top bearings attached to the gantry. It's only an idea I had today so they may be obviously floors that I'd not considered yet but it may be worth experimenting with?