Quote Originally Posted by JAZZCNC View Post
Lovely looking machine Dave well done mate.

One question why is the spindle so high up the front plate.?

One suggestion.!! . . .Cut deeper.
That cut could have been done in one pass and much quicker. Know there your first cuts and probably think it's better or safer cutting shallow but your more likely to knacker the tool and snap it cutting shallow due it over heating the tool.
The spindle could really do with being lower, I agree. I wish I designed in more Z clearance height though! (Let that be a lesson to anyone designing a machine at the moment).

Your right about me being conservative. I'm now on a steep learning curve with feeds and speeds, in fact CAM in general. I was a bit naive thinking CAM would be the easy bit! Thanks for all the help yourself and the rest of the forum have given me; I feel this is only the beginning!...