Hi Guys,I've just ordered the plans from Hobby CNC and I'm just wanting to know if there's anyone out there than give me some advice on their experiences.Regards,Brad Heller.

Hy,CNC milling and building is a very complex theme. I buildt one 2 years agon and meanwhile I bought a professional one. Depends on what you will produce with the mill. From my point of view it's better to spend a bit more money and have a precise mill. If you buildt it by your own spend money in the components you use like linear bearings etc. If you need more infos just contact me.best regards J

Hey Brad in Newcastle.I built one about 1 year ago. I spent a lot of time working out how, reading a lot from www.cnczone.com (which incidently there are some free plans) (also how to build controllers free including pcb artwork: http://www.pminmo.com).Ok, the worst part was not really knowing much about how they work, how software drives the drivers etc. Big, Big learing curve.I developed my own design from all the info I collected. Actually building it was the easy part. Getting the cutting surface square and the dremel support frame square well, that's another story. If you don't get this part right, you cannot cut right angles at 90deg, if your out, you could be out by 5deg and suddenly your not square. Next hardest thing was getting all the backlash out. I designed and build by own anti-backlash nuts. I used standard threaded rod.All up, it cost me about $150.00 to build, and the greatest joy was the first time it cut something I could actually use.Now, I design on CorelDraw, use RamsGold to generate the tool paths and use Turbocnc to cut the part. It's almost too easy. Worth the time and trouble shooting.David