Hi Chip...

I have found a few people on the mechmate forum from the UK who have built them, including a guy that made one in his garden in the open air..! I agree that the mechmate is an awesome machine, but also quite costly although having all those people on that forum for support will almost certainly save a few quid and loads of head-scratching..

But florins machine is, at first glance, exactly what I want so I will try and contact him and see what is involved in making that.. Only thing that makes me hesitate is he has used lead screws on his x-axis and I had always thought that was a no no with that sort of length.. Remember reading many posts about 'whip' but florin must have found a way round it..

Steve