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For what it’s worth, and maybe interest …. I’ve done a fair bit of scraping to get things “bonkers flat” as an earlier poster put it. It...

A couple of questions for anyone, who’s reading…. Does anybody know of a good UK CNC Builders forum or Facebook group, where I might be...

Well….. after loads of reading and watching YouTube videos, I think I’ve worked out the best way to go if I want to mill metal. It’s to...

I tried looking for a second hand one and I found a Sodastream 🙁

I wonder if you have considered a water jet cutting machine. Flipping amazing at cutting out shapes from almost any material. I have a...

I would say that mostly I’m looking to process 10” x 18” flat stock or something like that - typically up to 1/8” thick, routing shapes...

Out of budget of course but it is pretty cool regardless. Interestingly max spindle speed of 6400rpm, 0.005 precision. Looks like a...

>>>I don`t know much about metal milling but you may need a spindle with a lower speed higher torque than is commonly supplied. That’s...

2nd machine , Z axis does look flimsy, but the machine is a third of the price of machine one! All for me to upgrade that isn’t a...

Interesting, isn’t it. It looks to me like he might have tried upgrading it, put a big meaty bed on it and a plate on the back to...

Very nice Steve. The thing I really, ideally want to be able to do is to cut plane blades out of O1 tool steel. Damn things take me...

Hi Steve The spindle will be the first upgrade. For the most part I’ll be cutting shapes out of and engraving brass and ideally O1 if I...

Thanks Ollie The reason I was looking at the Foxalien Vasto is that it has the ball screws/ linear rails etc and this seems like a good...

Morning Reading some of the previous posts, it sounds as though there are some people on here who do know about CNC, so I may as well...

You’ll need something bigger between centres than a typical mini lathe or myford for that won’t you? There look to be a few companies...