Congrats on finishing your LR3! Do you have a bench/table setup you’re happy with? Personally agree with Philipp, any time you invest learning to use, and get value from, your LR3 for CNC jobs will carry forward.
Personally spent as much time, or maybe more even, building a full sheet Sled, and quarter sheet bar height bench. So, silver lining… All the time/material investment in your LR3 setup(s) will make upgrading, or, adding a LR4 much cheaper if/when you build one.
My LR3 and Sled initially built for 4’ x 8’, is mostly used on a bar height bench sized for 2’ x 4’ cuts. I’ve been giving up some performance, and enjoying the open front access, as well as the flexibility to quickly unhook my LR3 for use on the full size sled, not that I use the full size sled much. Am just an occasional hobbyist and space is a premium… Given the CNCs I currently have, and the incremental gains LR4 Beta users are seeing…
Am personally planning to build a stock LR4 with a smaller 2’ X gantry (instead of my LR3’s 4’). So, building a smaller more rigid gantry plus LR4 design improvements are making it easier for me to personally rationalize building an additional LR4 whenever Beta finishes and measured performance gains are known.
I appreciate some folks may prefer to upgrade rather than build another CNC. Am guessing Ryan will eventually put a couple of upgrade kits together for LR3 owners wanting to scavenge LR3 parts to build their LR4. Maybe an upgrade kit with printed parts, and one without printed parts? Guessing these will be relatively cost effective upgrade paths compared to what other manufacturers do to their Customers.