Advise for home built "big boy" CNC mills?

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Re: Advise for home built "big boy" CNC mills?

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In a nutshell -> even when you know exactly what you are doing from the get go -> you cannot build one as cheap as you can purchase one.

Even if you pay freight from Los Angeles to where you live...you will be $$ ahead to purchase an existing machine.

Have you ever seen the size (forget the accuracy) of the machinery required to build even a standard Bridgeport mill?
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