i mean that shipping is almost as much as that thing

can't mill steel on the chinese routers but then you need a big knee mill for that

yes but a cnc router from the west is gonna cost a few thousand used

you could build one yourself

or near a hundred to diy

er

near a thousand

oh shit for second i though it was 3d printer

my bad

look at

i just looked at it

"mostly printed cnc"

but it's not exactly a desktop size

i have two 3d printers and enough experience printing practical parts to know how 3d printed cnc frames will go

it's gotta be all metal

also, for anyone who wants an actual good chinese 3d printers, fuck anet, get wanhao

have you printed a gun?

why would i print a gun

it's not a 3d printed frame

when i can print tooling for making nsfw-lewds

just the connections for the rods

yeah that will delaminate and fall apart under the stresses of a router

unless you have an SLS/SLA printer, which i don't and until the wanhao d7 is a bit more developed can't afford

what about

shapeoko

solid, not too expensive

and no printed parts

i've considered it

it's a pretty good option

but then i've seen how some of the chinese routers in the $400-$600 range perform after simply replacing the spindle, and it's pretty impressive

isn't it the price range of shapeoko

shapeoko is $1100

the big ones a few hundred more

thought it was cheaper

maybe I was thinking of something else

$1100 is cheap for cnc stuff

it was fkn groundbreaking honestly, cnc machining went from six figure price tags and diy and no middle ground to an off the shelf western router for a bit over a thousand bucks

the real cost is still the tooling though

even chinese tooling worth bothering with is expensive

there's cheap "high speed steel" tooling, but it will break and ruin your day

also