Fingers crossed it'll cut ally

[irving2008]

what power output do those spindles give?

Other than the machine rigidity, which looks quite reasonable (tho if you wanted to improve it take the side panels down under the table and crossmember there with a diagonal gusset) the main limitation on machining ally with any reasonable effectiveness will be spindle power.

[blackburn mark]

Ah.. irving2008, iv read a thousand and one of your posts,, you always seem to go above and beyond the call of duty... mucho respect xx
the large motor is 1700W at 37v and the smaller one is 700w at 22v
im not to bad an engineer but the electic stuff is a bit rocket science to me

i have thought about going all the way around with the gantry but i do like the simplicity of it at the moment