Half-built LR2; should I finish, or go straight to LR3?

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I’ve been assuming that the LR2 will do small jobs just as well as an MPCNC. Is this correct?

Yep

Hippo gracefully performing ballet

I used my low rider to make some 1" boxes with a carving. I bought some small jewelery for my wife and I made this box to hold it. It’s pretty fun to just do something quick. I wanted to do most of the work with my other we machines, so I just did the carving and the joint/box part on the CNC and the outside was my table saw, and my hand planes. The low rider was like a hippo doing ballet. I really like this finish (the species is cherry). It sounds complicated, but it’s very quick and only two…