Anyone have experience with Fox Alien 3018SE?

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.

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."

I see the bits it comes with but didn’t see the spindle in the package list.
I bought a digital wood carver CNC I found at auction. I was looking at the biggest desktop one on banggood when I came across the digital wood carver. I’m using all free software minus the usb controller, there is a learning curve to them. There is a YouTuber named roger Webb who has a lot of good videos on cncs and he just did a couple on one of the smaller machines and how to upgrade them. That machine looks like a fun one to play with but will you be happy with the size?

Here is a bang good link
https://m.banggood.com/search/cnc%20router.html
I figured most of them are made in China I might as well buy direct and save some cash. I bought my laser from there and have enjoyed using it.

Did you end up buying one?

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."

Yeah learning the programs is a bit challenging. But something will click for you and it will make more sense after that.