After two years of fretting over a DIY machine, a traditional mill first, or buying one of the hobby machines I finally gave in and ordered an HDM today.
My biggest reasons for going with Carbide3D were, America based company, generally well bahaved and helpful community compared to others, fast and reasonable shipping compared to paying first, then waiting weeks or months for a machine.
Lastly, I am just to the point where I want to start making chips and don’t have time to wait for my DIY build. I already have HG20, rack and pinion, and metal for the frame for my project, but it will have to wait. I’ll built it later. It will be 1500x1500mm with a Masso Touch G3 controller, PwnCNC ATC spindle.
The only complaint I have about the HDM is the lack of a no spindle option so I could have ordered an unlocked PwnCNC MTC spindle.
Cheers. Looking forward to the community.
I currently own a plasma cnc, laser diode cnc, and 3DP.
