Anigeek65,
Sounds like a plan. Thank you for the files. No rush on getting the files, I haven't even started ordering my parts yet. Budget dictates that I will be several months ordering the structural parts, and the electronics may not come until later this summer. I do like the plates you have. Just curious, how much clearance do you have on the Z Axis? I am trying to design mine with the future addition of an A Axis for rotational milling as well.

As I have been researching, it seems to me that shallow, fast cuts are much better for the process in terms of stress on the equipment and time to completion. Of course, that research is based on full size metal CNC machine centers running various steel and stainless steel parts, so wood and aluminum parts may be different on one of these machines. I guess I'll find that out when I get mine built.

 

Just out of curiosity, have you had a chance to work out a parts list? I have a preliminary parts list, but would like some others to compare it against to make sure I am not over or under buying screws and some of the plates.

Thank you!