^^^^ yes, what he said ^^^^

you have seen my machine - made from wood ! it works well.
In fact the bearings let it down, and I'm going to make a set from angle and skate bearings to IMPROVE it.
have you seen the round rail thread ? where I defend wooden builds ? LOL

I asked if you were happy with your friends build for this very reason. if you are happy with what his can do, then yours will be at least as good.

If you want to put up photo's of your progresss so far, we can help, and suggest a few things to get the most out of the design.

If you fear getting a bashing from the wood haters on here, then send some pics to me by email, and I'll help.

the most important thing to do though would be to think /show share and research each part you make. including electrics and drive. Like I siad, it will be AT LEAST as good as your friends machine, so you know already 1ST HAND how it will work.

Irving mentioned those that have been in production shops and using top quality gear, might think it's rubbish (comparatively). But worse, for me are those that read such comments and repeat it blindly every time the work MDF shows up ! Thats the way the internet works unfortunately. Someone will read and repeat, whithout knowing 1ST HAND if it's true or not !.

Save from a sheet of wood, nearly everything you use to build your machine can be used again if you decide anything needs improving, so you have nothing to loose really.

So, let us know what you have done so far, and we can go from there :)

Richard