Luke, Shameless plug follows...
Have a look at the FireBall V90: http://www.probotix.com/FireBall_v90_cnc_router_kit/ I guarantee that you will spend WAY more trying to build one from a set of plans, and you will not get nearly as much performance. We use precision Thomson rails, acme lead screws, and a commercial grade cast z-axis. You can join our Yahoo group and see some of the really amazing things the guys are making with this machine. For CAD/CAM software, there is no easier to use package out there than the Vectric software. It is windows based, but will run inside of Wine on Ubuntu. Cut2D will do most of what you will ever need on a 2.5D mill. DolphinCAM recently dropped the prices of their software. It's unfortunate that no one has an affordable Linux based CAM solution, yet. >Len ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
