Chinese 6040 CNC Router Advise Needed

[Jonathan]

Ok john well lets work on the same principles has the Chinese machines and throw another £500 in the mix which you would end up having to spend just to make it work anything like it should then has a one off deal just to shut you up I will build a machine with profiled linear rails, ball screws etc that will knock the Chinese rubbish into outer space.?

Instead of proving something that should be obvious (and is more easily proven by posting a list of component cost), I'd put my efforts into making a machine that pushes the boundaries. Coincidentally, the material cost of my recent machine including all the electrics apart from the spindle was £2k. About half of that was spent on aluminium!