Little CNC - impulse buy

Tom_S

I was telling my wife on Tuesday how Amazon Prime Days didn't impress me. No great deals on anything I was interested in.

Then I saw this at 25% off and figured it would at least be a nice precision drilling machine and do some engraved faceplates for projects.

https://www.amazon.com/All-Metal-3020-Evo-AnoleX-Switches-Emergency-Stop/dp/B0BL3YYQVN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=18Q42EDIJSZNZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vxSnbTnEqRVlXDkNTjXggnHtelA2e3cY3DcQDdqQyu3WL228uzgnhm18fChRBUPcg1kk3fSewVp0yPq65FF_mO47Mmet8JrBLVEL6j91oUoHWSYCXz4XpJOgsX6kJRfbz_iJnHebt-rmPmZj1a8f7g.Mr1pZZldRetIvWanSWr5MjNaexkHyLW5hfG-hKWCznU&dib_tag=se&keywords=AnoleX+3020+evo&qid=1721317296&s=hi&sprefix=anolex+3020+evo,tools,89&sr=1-1&th=1

4thtry

So now you are going to have to start machining up custom faceplates and knobs for all your DIY amplifier projects. Good luck with the new machine.

Tom_S

I'm curious to see what this thing can and can't handle. I watched a review where they milled a PC board. It actually did a decent job. I have a feeling my wife already has some little wood engraving projects for me.

PWRRYD

I have thought for many years about buying a small DIY CNC router to machine the baffles for my speaker projects. Probably would have been money well spent as I stress out so much about machining my baffles. I like perfect driver rebates and that takes a lot of work manually.

Tom_S

I definitely thought about that too. I know MDF is fairly cheap, but I hate screwing up a piece and having to start over. It's a mental thing. I'll probably be wasting lots of stock while learning how to use this new toy. I'll have to eventually buy the Y axis extension kit to do anything bigger than a very short 5" 2-way.