and we will gladly walk you through designing things:
The chicken/egg nature of that sort of thing appeals to some folks — other folks just source a sturdy workbench and run with that:
that said, we do have a video on this:
as well as:
Most folks just work in the bundled version of Carbide Create, some folks get Pro, a few use Autodesk Fusion 360, or a smattering of other programs. Which one uses depends on what sort of work one wishes to do and how one wishes to approach it. For what is probably the most extreme instance of using Carbide Create see:
While a Shapeoko is a machine we envision in a shop space and the Nomad is the one for use at one’s desk, many folks keep machines indoors, even without an enclosure — my SO5 Pro lives in a finished basement.
Wall-mounting would probably be fine, but it’s not something which we support, mostly because of the difficulty of loading and securing stock — our recommendation for space-constrained folks is to use a hoist to lift it up to the ceiling, then lower onto a suitable surface for use. That said, I do have my machine at my mother-in-law’s on a rolling/folding stand:
As implied above, what one needs is determined by what one does.
