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Forum topic by AllanK | posted 11-21-2020 09:49 PM | 638 views | 1 time favorited | 7 replies | ![]() |
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11-21-2020 09:49 PM |
Topic tags/keywords: cnc fox alien benchtop cnc beginner carving tool I want to start dabbling in CNC, but balk at the +$1,000 prices. Also, at 74 years old, not a lot of time to spend on a learning curve :-). I haven’t used CAD software, except for Sketchup. I watched the assembly video – piece of cake. For $300 this looks like good way to get started. Has anyone used one? Other opinions? Cheers, -- "Stupidity is forever, but ignorance can be fixed." |
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#1 posted 11-21-2020 11:27 PM |
It says it doesn’t come with the spindle so that’s a extra charge. Check out banggood.com they have a bunch of the small cnc machines like that. I was looking into buying one before I found the one I have now. The free softwares you can go ahead and download them to try out which one you like before you buy a machine. You might want to download one or more of the free programs and try them out before buying a machine. |
#2 posted 11-21-2020 11:43 PM |
It actually does have the spindle, and even comes with bits and Z-probe. Which one did you get? -- "Stupidity is forever, but ignorance can be fixed." |
#3 posted 11-22-2020 01:33 AM |
I see the bits it comes with but didn’t see the spindle in the package list. |
#4 posted 11-22-2020 01:40 AM |
Here is a bang good link |
#5 posted 12-04-2020 07:51 PM |
Did you end up buying one? |
#6 posted 12-04-2020 11:11 PM |
Yes, and I’m having quite a few problems getting it work correctly. On the plus side, the support is excellent, on the minus side it’s in China, so every exchange of emails takes a day. Good thing I’m not in a hurry. I also have a learning curve, having never does anything with CNC before. -- "Stupidity is forever, but ignorance can be fixed." |
#7 posted 12-05-2020 08:52 PM |
Yeah learning the programs is a bit challenging. But something will click for you and it will make more sense after that. |
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