Originally Posted by universalfab  From what I've seen the cheaper or home made cnc's are not that great. Not saying they don't function, but there performance is low unless your going to dump alot of money into it. What kind of tolerances are you looking to hold? Spending $500.00 or less on a machine that is new is going to make you wish you never heard the word cnc if your budget is that small. My advice is save money and get a more expensive machine. Probably no less then $6,000.00 new for something decent. Or you could take a shot and buy something used for a deal, but you have to look for a good deal and get 10X or better the machine you'd buy new. Thats my opinion and what I've found out. I don't mess with any of that cheaper new stuff, but I have seen a few machines and their performances were fair-poar range. It's better to spend more then be wishing later that you spent more and get stuck with a crappy machine, in your case... |
define a "great performance CNC"
an incompetent user with a xxxx$ CNC will have worse results than a user that know how to use that machine. It took me 1 year to learn how to use my own cnc.