We used to own a ShopBot which was a little to shaky to our liking, so I build a new gantry and y-car for it. Shared some pics at the ShopBot forum and soon other SB'ers were asking for copies of my plans. The whole thing snowballed from there and the plans were extended to cover a complete CNC router, a support forum was created, and folk are now building these MechMates all over the world. (Australia is the only continent still to get one running :))
The website, with forum and free plans are at http://www.mechmate.com/
Here are some machines:
Fabrica in Sri Lanka:
(http://www.mechmate.com/frontimages/2_1.jpg)
J.R. Hatcher, Wilmington, North Carolina :
(http://www.mechmate.com/frontimages/9_1.jpg)
This one rapids at over 1200 inches per minute!
Doug Ford, Conway, Arkansas
(http://www.mechmate.com/frontimages/13_6.jpg)
Sean Reish, Orlando, Florida
(http://www.mechmate.com/frontimages/14_1.jpg)
John, Wiseton, Saskatchewan
(http://www.mechmate.com/frontimages/18_2.jpg)
Hugo, Pto. Ordaz, Venezuela
(http://www.mechmate.com/frontimages/15_1.jpg)
Kobus, Dalview, South Africa.
(http://www.mechmate.com/frontimages/22_1.jpg)
Greg, Hagerman, New Mexico
(http://www.mechmate.com/frontimages/23_1.jpg)
Ed Denton, Alamogordo, NM
(http://www.mechmate.com/frontimages/24_1.jpg)
Sharma, Rajasthan, India
(http://www.mechmate.com/frontimages/25_1.jpg)
David, Taibao, Taiwan
(http://www.mechmate.com/frontimages/26_1.jpg)