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Originally Posted by protoserge
Size, rigidity, depth of cut, chip size, etc. You can't hog on a small, lightweight router, so you are limited to taking shallow cuts with low feed-per-tooth. I'm not advocating these solutions are poor, just understand the speed and accuracy limitations of these machines will be limited to the inherent design. What I saw looked pretty good. The dimensional tolerance was good enough for FRC and the machine was portable, which helps out his team's limited shop access.
You get a huge upgrade when you go to a heavy, solid machine that can make very fast rapids and cuts. You can run appropriate/aggressive feedrates and a larger depth of cut per pass resulting in greater material removal rates and faster cycle times.
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Ok, but what you're referring to are limitations for ALL the CNC's in the "budget" category, wouldn't you say? How would you compare the OX vs the X-carve for example? I think that's what we're interested in. Or, are you aware of a budget CNC that doesn't have these limitation and can take deeper passes for faster results?
I think perhaps the question on many of our minds is: What CNC (assembled/kit) for less than ($1000, $1500, $2000, etc) delivered is the "best", with cost including any highly recommended options. We all operate under a budget so it always needs to be total cost.