LUNYEE 3018 PRO MAX CNC Machine 500W All-Metal CNC Router Machine 3 Axis Limit Switches & Emergency-Stop with GRBL Offline Control for Cutting Wood Acrylic MDF Plastic, Working Area: 300 x 180 x 80mm

Amazing CNC machine
I’ve wanted, and needed, a machine like this for several years, intending to use it to make parts for telescopes.The reviews that I read for other machines scared me off with comments about plastic parts and low poweredmotors. A router/milling machine needs to be very rigid and square and have a powerful enough motor forthe material you intend to use.This machine meets these requirements. Very impressed with everything from packaging, to assembly, and performance.Everything you need is here, including a nice set of starter bitsThe packaging is very nice and very well done. All parts are easy to locate and complete, no missing parts, nodamaged parts.The machine arrives in two major preassembled parts. They are easily bolted together. Total assembly could be donein 1 to 2 hours. I took my time and still had the router up and running in very little time.Wires are labled very clearly. The motor fits very snugly in the housing, be sure to loosen the bolts enough and alignthe motor to the holder. If the motor is the least bit tilted, it will not fit, the tolerences are very tight.The instruction manual is very helpful and is simple but complete including wiring diagrams. There are videoson the internet that show how to do the cable management easily, all need parts included.The machine looks very neat when finished.All assembly tools are included, Super Lube for the moving parts…. very nice!Assembly was easy and everything fit nicely.The bed is fantastic, just like a professional mill, it has evenly spaced drilled and tapped holes for the clamps. Agraduated scale etched into the surface. Also very stable with no play. What could be better. More than I expected.Very nice.No plastic parts on this machine, all structural parts are metal. The X axis has very nice guide railsinstead of metal rods. Z axis the same. No play anywhere, all moving parts very stable out of the box.Square the gantry to the bed and bolt the two together with 12 bolts.No additional adjustment required. Fit and finish of all the parts is excellent.The machine runs great. Connection to the computer was easy, using the supplied driver and Candel software.Other control software from the internet, g Sender etc. all worked well.This is a really beautiful machine. On the level of an industrial machine. Surfacing a sample piece showed verysmooth tool marks, a Bridgeport mill is about the same and costs tens of thousands more. I know, I was a manufacturingengineer for several years. Amazing what can be done with stepper motors.Repeatability seems very good, much like a 3D printer (a good one). A mill is more difficult to use than a printer mainlybecuase you have a very sharp rotating bit that can collide with your clamps and bed if you are not very careful.Try to air cut your parts as a test without clamps, or a bit in the router, and NO workpiece. Test the machine movementsbefore you cut anything. Then cut foam or some soft material so you will not break a bit, or something else. Use a thinscrap piece, larger than your workpiece, on top of the bed so you will not damage the bed. Protect the bed!Chose the correct feed and speed and bit for the material you will be cutting, experience is a very good teacher.Be careful, this is a real machine not a toy.Overall, I am very impressed with this machine. Watching it run is fascinating and took me back to times long ago inindustry. Now, it’s here on a desktop, with the accuracy we thought impossible and using very similar g codes!The machine is designed for smaller projects, which is exactly what I need.If you need a very large bed, this is not for you. The dimensions are as advertized.If your projects fit this size machine, I think you will be very pleased. I don’t see how you could do better at this price level.I’m not going to try to improve upon it, everything works and works very, very well. I will clean it, lube the screws, changethe bits, program parts and enjoy the results. What more could I ask?P.S. I would very much like to order the lasers and blast some plywood!

One of the best machine out of the box! This is a heavy CNC and is a quality build, it came packaged very well with great care. The CNC machine went together Easily using the pictorial assembly manual i would be confident any skill level could put this together. If you have some experience with CNC routers you will not have any problems using this machine. Everything comes supplied on a USB thumb drive including the Candle software for sending the G-code files to the machine.For the newbies there is excellent videos to learn about cnc so utube it up.First thing I did after assembly and powering up the machine was to manually trigger each of the X,Y,Z home/limit switches. And it ran flawlessly I’m extremely happy with this compact unit.Will cut numerous materials with great detail the package included multiple quality bits to get a person started with CNC all required tools were provided as well a nice added bonus.I have cut numerous designs with the Machine and it is great for hobbyist or small scale business.Customer support is A+ I reached out to inquire with some questions and they responded promptly without delay and answered all my questions about the product that I had.The only thing I would add is a led light it’s not required or needed but to see the fine detail during the cutting process would be a nice addition. Regardless 10 out of 10 from quality to support. I recommend.

Very good price/performance ratio. I wanted the package including the 10W laser kit which was unfortunately not offered on Amazon so I bought the laser and Air-assist from a Lunyee shop on Aliexpress. The combination of the included manual and several good video’s on Youtube (by Lunyee) made the assembly of the machine straight forward. The CNC comes in two main parts easily fitted together. The rest of the work is adding limit-sensors, power-supply, controller(s) and cables. Everything needed for the assembly is included and neatly packaged. I haven’t tried out the offline programming module as I connect the machine via USB (Macbook Pro with M1 running UGS and Openbuilds for the G-Code bit). Candle for Windows and Mac is provided with the machine on a USB stick.