Quote Originally Posted by deisel View Post
hello turk
looking at your design and what you want from it why not just go for a 3040 cnc off ebay they come up dirt cheap on occasion.
if your relishing making your own then fair play crack on,i found it great fun makeing my first and seeing it come to life for the first time.
as far as building one goes and the size your after id turn it into a small fixed gantry router it can be done just as cheap and if you do decide to cut harder materials later on...just my thoughts ;)
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Cheapest I found on EBAY was £7-800, takes the fun out of building it.

I did build one a couple of years ago so still have the steppers and the controller so want to build my second now. Like you said, it's great fun seeing it come to life and do what it's supposed to.

The original idea was to build one with a fixed gantry but I have changed that now to give me double the cutting/engraving size. I have very limited space so need to make the best, or near as damn it, that I can. And if I convert it to cut as well later on it'll be more useful with a moving gantry, can cut larger pieces.