I’m in the same boat in trying to understand what these options (it’s great to have options!) have to offer. My use will be cutting parts for outdoor lawn furniture, chairs for a dock and deck, and utility furniture for the garage/shop.
My brother-in-law is deep into CNC, his latest purchase a full-blown 4x8 CNC with vacuum hold downs. His work is incredible, but I don’t need to do fancy v-carved signage or high-end furniture. All I’m looking for is something to accurately cut sheet goods, and perhaps softwood boards in pine or poplar.
So here are a few questions.
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Right now I’m leaning to the metal maslow with the faster z-axis. But I see there is a new sled design due out in the next few months. Will this be worth waiting for?
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Is realistic to think that I could cut out parts sufficiently accurate for outdoor furniture like, say, Adirondack chairs?
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My garage/shop is separate, without solid wifi connection back to the main house/cabin. Will this be a problem for webcontrol?