Quote Originally Posted by Mcgyver View Post
I'd loop back and question the assumptions on why you can't acquire some of those resources or look at outsourcing.
Steel tubing is a bad idea. $2k for a frame + another $2k for heat treatment and grinding. Not to mention the welding and trucking this thing around! (And how do you get the level under 12ft of linear ways?)

I guess we wanted to "pour" the entire thing like the home buiders do. (yeah..I know...)

8020 came in later, to save money and give the E/G structure a spine.