![]() ![]() The AvidCNC machines and others like them are stronger but their standard 4x4' CNC table is approaching $5000 all together ($$$), and their pro 4x8' approaches $10000 all together($$$$), and you still build it yourself, which seems to take a few days for most people without having to do any real wiring. The WorkBee/Queenbee are probably the strongest aluminum extrusion kits available for the money ($), so what's beyond that but not so far beyond that, that we get into pro-grade territory ($$$$$)? I honestly feel like I'd be better off if I had the improvements of the Queenbee, but if I'm going to upgrade the frame I might as well go bigger and stronger. I'll probably tighten up my wheels some but I feel like I'm constantly dealing with little issues like this. I clearly have some flex on the Z carriage. ![]() These really are great and capable machines when they are around desktop size, but when people start thinking they want to go up to a 4x4' machine, the aluminum kits will start showing their weakness.įrom my experience with my 750mm Workbee with lead screws and wheels that ride in the slots of the aluminum extrusions, well I have actually been cutting a sign out of fir wood that I got from Home Depot, and when I try to surface it flat I can feel that it's not constantly flat across the whole surface. So I've established that we are willing to put in some work to save money (like a whole lot of money!) So now we look at these kits that are all pretty much based off of aluminum extrusions and plates and screws to put it all together. If the same amount of money got me a pro-grade machine that was already set up to start cutting with ease then obviously I and everyone else would just but that. Ugh, second time making this post, but no the PrintNC isn't a complete kit the way the other aluminum extrusion based kits are.īut keep in mind, all of these kits involve sacrifices to meet budgets. It's probable that I'm among the first recipients of a full kit, so there's just not a lot of information yet. And literally the night I placed the order, Bulkman3D published their "upgrade kit." Upon writing them, they held off on my order until the QueenBee "full kit" was available, and I bought that instead. So, I was going to go for the LEAD CNC, because it touts "standard components." I ultimately was persuaded to go with the Workbee, though, by another user in this sub, because it had all sorts of mods that could turn it into a QueenBee. My garage isn't building 72 pickup trucks every hour, though, so inexpensive components fit the application. The aluminum extrusions seem identical to what I use in the real world everything else is inexpensively designed. It seems solid for what it is: an inexpensive bunch of linear actuators designed to hit a price point, configured into a frame. As a noob, it's unlikely that I'll post a review when I'm done it would be like my posting a review of a McLaren F1 – I know how to drive, and I might be able to say "fun," but I'm nowhere close to being capable of giving comparative analysis. ![]()
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