Following... and am in same boat...Focus seems to be going to the Camaster and/or Axiom. Spoke with Grant at Camaster a week ago still waiting his email to me.( he was gonna get back to me with some users near me that have Stinger 2x4 machines) Spoke with George Vondriska (he wrote the book "CNC ROUTER ESSENTIALS" a MUST read IMHO) and offers classes at his workshop on 3 different machines. Laguna, Axiom, and Next Wave Shark. The New Wave Shark price is very appealing to me, but I am gonna wait and do some more research. My budget has now moved into the $10k range as I want to buy this tool only once and want the proper size. There is a CAMASTER owner near me that has invited my wife and me to come take a "test drive" on his machine. I will be doing that soon... In the meantime I am playing with the software downloads. I tried calling Next Wave (mfr of the Shark) and never was able to get through to a live person, that is very concerning to me. (as is a customer service rep that doesn't follow through)
The one thing i think i have figured out is i definitely want something that holds a 4 foot sheet. 2x4 or 4x4. Makes no sense to me to buy a 36 inch work top and have a foot hang over ie 2 x 4 piece of plywood that i cant do anything with.
Great post...lots of good info and knowledgeable folks here.
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