Hello from Ireland..........Need info....

[irving2008]

Errrrr . . . If that pic on the front is anything to go by then I'd say only use it for propping the door open.!! Very Dodgy looking machine and even dodgier looking wiring. . lol
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I thought this 'review' was telling: "There is one specific useful area for the newcomer. 53 pages of the 307 pages in the book are given over to a reproduction of a data sheet for an SCS-Thompson L297 motor controller chip." Although why an out of date and largely outmoded controller chip needs to take up 1/6 of a book on CNC I fail to understand. Anyway, who builds controllers these days? It certainly isn't any cheaper than buying them.

Seriously Aquila, if you want to build something as a starter machine pre-designed from a set of plans (and from the reviews it seems the book is lacking in that area) have a look at the Rockcliff machine: DIY CNC Router Plans

However, as Jazz says, you'll get more capability for your money and something bespoke to your own needs, if you work through your own design with input from the guys on the forum.