Machine better than a chinese 6040 for a beginner?

[d4cnc]

When you say steel requires more skills etc.. you mean the frame of the machine? Or everything?


I wouldn't be able to get it right with a mitre saw, a little welding & filing I presume?
Would I need to outsource to a metal worker to cut and weld for me? Or is trusting that to a stranger not good enough perhaps.. Is the problem not so much the cutting but the aligning everything square and level?


Or are the big problems after the basic frame is built? attachments for motors/spindle etc. etc.

If I change my goals somewhat to just building the strongest most rigid frame I can for £1k..
Using moving gantry as space is at a premium.