Depending on where you purchase the shapeoko the kit includes either the carbide compact spindle or a dewalt 611 router to power the cutting making the machine capable of carving out woods plastics and aluminum.
Diy cnc router table kit.
Sample diy cnc router projects.
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That should encourage to think about such machines.
Woodsmith magazine kindly mentioned us in the article and plans recommending our 3 axis heavy gantry electronics combo here is a great video by woodsmith magazine introducing this.
Diy electronics option select this option if you wish to integrate the required cnc plasma components with a new diy electronics kit from cnc router parts or with your own electronics.
A typical cnc router table will have relatively limited z travels so it will be more for parts cut from sheet materials like a plasma table.
With that said the cnc router is capable of quite a bit more diverse parts than a plasma table.
Here are some samples.