Ross,

Thanks for your comments and feedback!

OK, let me say that my clear priority would be to mill aluminum of different sized thickness, from say 1.5mm thick to 150mm thick.

I like the idea of T-slots, I suspect a bed can be made out of aluminum extrusion, and you can make your own clamping devices using some simple t-nuts?

OK, so I think I need to figure out the following to get moving forward:

control board: Gecko vs other?

motor/spindle

design

limit switches, mechanical contact switches, other?

coolant system

If anyone has any other comments or can help me figure out what needs to be figured out, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks!