Hello all,
I am a welder fabricator, been working in the trade since i left school.
4 years...

Basically, I work for a family business and for along time i have wanted us to purchase a cnc plasma cutter.
We once received a brochure for the plasmacam machines and i was most intrigued by it and my brain went overtime thinking of things i could make with it.

Only problem was the price of the machines!.

But only recently ive noticed people are making there own DIY cnc machines which is great!.

I have recently purchased the Chinese TB6560....
It came with motors and a power supply, for £99.

Seemed cheap and last night i got it all running with Linux cnc, An had it run a CNC command and it worked the motors both X & Y doing different things, a good thing? haha. Although upon joining this forum i have read that they like to burst into flames.
But for the price ill chance it, im realy hoping to make this machine as cheaply as possible as its coming out of my own pocket which isn't massive but i do have material left over from jobs which will do for my frame.
I also have plans for the running of the gantry using materials left over but would like input and opinions on my ideas.

Not sure were i should post my ideas though.

Anyway Hello and i hope the are people here that will be kind enough to help me achieve my goal of creating my cnc cutter.

Thanks.