On 1 May 2017, at 1:03 AM, Bluey <bluey@smallfootprint.info> wrote:

On 1 May 2017, at 12:19 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net> wrote:

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On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Bluey <bluey@smallfootprint.info> wrote:

Not sure if you are looking for one but this reasonably-priced CNC kit
machine seems to get good reviews on Amazon:
https://www.bobscnc.com/collections/cnc-routers-engravers/products/e3-cnc-engraving-kit

that's more than twice the cost of ones here in china :)

my friend found one that's not half bad - absolutely no endstops and
using threaded bar not even lead screws of course - but it works
surprisingly well and would do the job.

my only concern is: it's gonna take forever to machine 2000 parts,
which would need to be turned twice through 90 degrees *in different
axes*.  that's a 5-axis CNC which starts to get a bit hairy.

l.

Oh, yeah, I saw plenty of ones that were cheaper but the reviews suggested that it would be prudent to give them a wide berth! 

I was more thinking of the CNC for cutting any flat-ish timber components; although a 5-axis machine with sufficient precision (e.g., via a specialist milling service) could potentially be used to make moulds for plastic injection manufacture.  How many component variations are there to make?