Dean, Geoffry and John - thanks for your input!! Cash is indeed king at the end of the day - But cash driven purchases can drive the total cost of ownership up - one has to look at the cost over the lifetime of the machine.

Dean you summarised the options well - your no stranger to CNC. I shall try and be as comprehensive as possible with regard to the prices.

Firstly the standard stepper driven machine comes with 48V switching PSU driving 3 Leadshine DM556's. Our motors are speced as high quality Oriental motors with 4.2A/phase with 1.6mH/phase winding inductance. Therefore the PSU voltage and motors are matched. Don't be seduced by cheaper motors with apparently high holding torque - the system must me matched to the application and to the PSU and drives.

We have no "stand alone control box" for the machine. If you look at the machine bed at the back where the Tslot bed ends all the control gear is neatly housed away out of site. The only wires coming out of the machine are the 230V AC in and the control connection. With that said we are also working on a stand alone option for retro fit solutions.

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So the professional platform has the following specs
  • T slot aluminium machine table
  • All three axes are driven by ball screws
  • 6,000mm/min feed rates
  • High power stepper motors
  • Accuracy repeatability down to as low as 0.02mmm
  • All control electronics fully installed
  • Machine wired for M03 and M05 AC on/off for spindle control
  • Latched on/off 24V DC safety for machine power management
  • Home switches on all three axes


Machine options: The following prices are for the machine commissioned in Hereford UK ready for off (No PC)- delivery carriage / personal delivery can be discussed. Our prices are based on what we see necessary for a successful CNC machine sale. The sale in itself in our opinion is only half the story. Total cost of ownership to the customer must be considered. We offer 12 months warranty on all Hardware and do our best to provide the best support we can to our customers. We also do our best to work with our customers so that the machine can carry out its required function - and is specified appropriately. We offer pre-sale demonstration of a body of work to demonstrate the functionality if requested.
  • JBEC604012 (600 x 400 x 125) - 4,250£
  • JBEC106512 (1000 x 650 x 125) - 5,150£
  • JBEC1259012 (1250 x 900 x 125)- 5,980£


I can post servo stepper prices if requested. We also offer a fully enclosed version currently available on the smaller 604012 machine. We can enclose the bigger machines and can discuss this further if requested.
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Spindle options: We offer Kress and high speed spindle options. The price includes integration of the spindle system into the machine. i.e the machine is ready for spindle addition - plugin and go - M03 & M05
  • Kress 1080FME 150£
  • 1.1kW High speed spindle option with inverter - full installed in the machine - 850£ (Comes with an ER20 compatible collet head)

We can supply Kress collets and ER20 collets/accessories if needed. If you would like to use your own spindle we can fabricate you a custom mount.


Control options: We can provide a refurbished PC with 12 months warranty in parallel to the machine if necessary. The machine can be run for 2D and some3D work on the LPT printer port connection and rapids as standard are set at up to 6,000mm/min. For full 3D machining we offer a USB upgrade. While I do not recommend it whatsoever - we have had the machine moving with rapids (single direction movement in either axis) of 15,000mm/min with the USB controller. We can demonstrate this if needed.

  • Mach 3 installation onto PC - 120£
  • Mach3 installation onto PC with USB upgrade installation combo - 220£ (150£ for installation 70£ for USB controller hardware)
  • Customers are responsible for their own license key for Mach3
  • Refurbished PC with all peripherals - 100-300£ model dependant.


We will install and commission on a customers PC if required and the performance in the LPT printer port mode is subject to the PC Hardware passing the Mach3 driver test

Maintenance While keeping the machine clean and free from swarf and potential hardware snags is essential for reliable operation - the machine is virtually maintenance free. The helical raceway inside the ballscrew drive mechanism can be lubricated using easily accessible grease nipples. There is adjustment options on the drives for long term wear. As of yet we have not had to do this on any of our installed platforms.
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Due to an unexpected rapid growth in demand here in Ireland we have minimal stock available for out launch into the UK. We will have a JBEC604012 and JBEC106512 ready by early September. Leadtime on a machine order that is not in stock is 6-8 weeks.

We have put together the CNC package based on our own experience in CNC in recent years. The price to performance specs are such due to the clever design coupled with volume production of core sub assemblies in Germany. This coupled to our access to in house professional fabrication equipment enables us to provide and support such a machine and customise it appropriately.

I hope the detail are clear.