That being said if your building, thinking of building, or in production we welcome you to our community. My zone, Daytona,NSB,Deland     Learning CNC for home shop is my mission

10 years ago I decided that cnc controlled machines were an industry I needed to be involved in, Like most of the things I do it is never an easy endeavour. I just cant buy a ready made machine, it has to be a understanding of the components and the processes involved.   Mechmate was a blueprint available for a build   This is my journey

First Note: I do not like products made in China. There have been some great advancements in china production quality but that has been at the cost of american companies selling out america and doing china business. This build is american components except the spindle. (POS) and controller (Europe)

First I will identify the components. 

software: 
win10 (unfortunately) 
UCCNC 

notes: This build does not have encoders, the drivers dont have encoders, and the control board doesn't have incoder inputs. This is important today because the encoder setup is better and alot more available for alot less bucks.

first cut