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You probably know from my regular musings that I have a Sherline Cnc lathe long bed and a universal cnc sherline mill, and I can't resist reading any posts about them. I don't use them as much as I should do, because they are dead accurate, if I take the time to set it up, I can guarantee parts to within .01 mm shafts and external features, but on my bigger machines, (perhaps due to the way I treat them!) it's more like .05 and i'm happy with that mostly but it always amazes me to see their capabilities. Quick note on the cnc rotary table, I have that too and it's built to a quality not seen ...

Due to a lucky break, I shall shortly be dipping a toe or two into the water with respect to CNC machining. Specifically using a router table. I have some initial plans to use it to practice some shape forming in wood, but hope to progress swiftly to production of aluminium parts. The router table that I will be using has been demonstrated to cope adequately with aluminium and just last night, I watched a couple of videos of one being used on hot-rolled steel and even stainless steel. So, please don't tell me it can't be done! To get to the point of this posting at last, I am a little mys...