Introduced last year as an improvement on the very popular Shapeoko CNC router, the X-Carve by Inventables ... That last item is an interesting bit of kit – routing takes time, and a 1¼HP ...

Nowadays it is even possible to get a 3D printer kit for between $200-300 ... He had previously built a CNC Router and decided it was best to add a hot end and extruder to the already built ...

Testing out recipes for cutting A36 mild steel on my Avid CNC Benchtop Pro CNC router ... and it really becomes apparent on lighter desktop gantry routers. My Aluminum testing had some chatter ...