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I'll add more info/vids as I go and learn more (i'm a complete noob to CNC atm). Mine came with 3A steppers not 2.5A, and the 1000-8000rpm is for the 200w spindle, not the 0.8kW VFD one which goes up to 24,000rpm Any questions, just ask. The specs seem to have been copied and pasted from a similar machine or something.

Has a milling movement area of about 60cm by 40cm but the table itself is a little bit bigger. It's not immediately obvious from the wording, but it has a step resolution of 0.05mm which is ~2mil ? Should be good enough for some PCB stuff. Some specs of the machine are on that ebay listing. Will see if I can get my first cut going tomorrow as it was about 10pm when I shot that video.

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I've got a spare 2x120mm radiator and some pumps from a PC cooling kit I'll probably use to make a closed loop system with a small reservoir (Swiftech MicroRes). I think the idea is you just run it with a large bucket/container of water or coolant. There is an included 24v pump that can be connected to the main control box (there's a switch on the front panel to control it) but it looks pretty cheap/crappy. Current Setup: And a quick video running some sample G-code that was on the cd: Still need to hook up the VFD controller for the spindle, and work out some kind of water cooling system. It only took about 15mins to setup including the PC and wiring. 5 bolts either side secure the gantry and the cable chain is secured via a screw to the side rail. The side rail that the cable chain sits on, as well as the moving gantry part are packed separately in the box.

Put up some pine shelving to make room on the table Assembly of the machine is pretty easy.

Spent the last couple of days clearing out the store room in our house. I've got Mach3 that came on a cd with the machine (probably not a legit license.) and EMC2 in linux to try.

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Click for bigger pics: For the last week I've been a bit sick, but I had time to setup an old IBM/Lenovo desktop PC with Windows XP / Ubuntu dual-boot. It was all in one big box but fit fine into the back of Mum's Ford Territory Would never have fit it in my car. AusPost left a card saying I had to pick it up as it was a 53.5kg package and they would not deliver! Jan 24rd: Pickup Drove down to AusPost depot to collect it. Update: DHL passed the package on to Australia Post for delivery. This is the item: ~$1750 delivered Jan 22nd: Delivery (not quite.) According to DHL it has cleared customs and is ready for delivery (hopefully on monday!).

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Additional Notes: tracking number took 2-3days to update as a valid number with info. CanвЂ™t wait to get it set up Already have an old PC with a parallel port, 17? monitor and everything else. ETA for arrival is 7-10 days as long as there are no customs delays. Will keep this blog updated with my progress. IвЂ™ve received a tracking number and the seller was quick to respond to my question about the watercooled spindle motor (needed to know if it was an ER11 or ER16 collet. ItвЂ™s a вЂњ6040' model (thatвЂ™s 60cm by 40cm working area) from ebay seller вЂњamonstarвЂќ. Some of this is copy/paste from my blog: Jan 16th: Ordering So IвЂ™ve just ordered myself a CNC machine from China.