I always seem to be asking questions on this forum - so time for another one!
I'm making a replacement table for my cnc machine as the table supplied just has a few T-Slots, it'd be much more practical to make a tool plate with holes drilled at regular spacing to which I can attach workpieces, jigs etc. I wanted to use a sheet of 8mm aluminium for the toolplate.
The only problem is that the table height is already quite high, I'd like to make a new table (lower to allow for the additional 8mm toolplate) from something rigid and dimensionaly stable which isn't affected by oils and water! I use WD40, water and soluble oil as coolant. Can anyone recommend a suitable material for these purposes? Ideally it would need to be approx 305 x 230 x 20mm. I'd want something free machining as I'd use the machine to skim it in situ. I'd also want something cheap and (Reasonably) readily available!
Any ideas would be appreciated!
