I was looking for a desktop CNC router to RE-learn programming after 50 years away from the craft. After many days of blogs and Youtube videos, I broke down and bought one of the MANY $150.00 3018 routers made out of plastic, fiber products and some aluminum. It took about an hour to assemble and then another couple hours "trying" to get the thing to hold some kind of reasonable tolerances. You just can't get milk from a chicken!Exactly one day after the above experience, I spot the WolfPawn 3018 BLUE for $150.00 (also). Yet it is ALL METAL (well except for the dang Plastic Emergency STOP button), it has Limit Switches on BOTH ends of the axis', the the X axis rails are 12mm diameter (not 10mm), the spindle carriage is Aluminum NOT Plastic! And the list of Many more things continues... It comes in 2 pieces, the base and the gantry. Eight bolts later and its assembled. Mount the controller, plug in some Well marked cables, plug it in, hook up your computer, turn it on and Make something! WOW what a difference in quality, strength, performance, stability and, again the list continues. The same price, yet features of machines at least $200.00 or more in price.The WolfPawn 3018 BLUE has turned out to be one heck of a machine! The pics are my "stock-outta-the-box" machine #2 purchase (left) next to my fully modified machine #1. I went a little overboard on the mods for #1 (retired engineer) and made some of them simply to make things look better (to me anyway) like the blue/black braided cable covers (no ugly spiral wrap for me!).The tan box behind #1 houses the 0-48vdc MACH3 controlled power supply for the 400W spindle motor, and an upgraded 12vdc power supply (see pic) that made a HUGE difference in how the machine runs. With the "cleaner" power from the upgraded 12vdc PS, the stepper motors are quieter, smother, and appear to have a little improvement in torque... and on the "stock" machine it also help to quiet and smooth out the 12vdc 775 spindle motor.The panel with the 3 meters was a wild idea of mine so I could monitor the voltages used to control the 400W upgraded spindle motor. With MACH3 control you don't need a "volume control" to adjust the speed of the spindle motor. After all, it is CNC! The spindle speed is controlled with the 0-10vdc output voltage from the controller (where stock spindle plugs in). Feed that voltage into the MACH3 input (vs. a variable resistor) and the power transformer supplys 0-48vdc to the spindle motor. Now the speed can be controlled with software vs. hovering over the machine for hours to adjust the "manual" speed control... YUCK! It's CNC!!WolfPawn 3018 BLUE appeared and turned out to be one hell-of-a machine, especially for the money! It's not a "toy" like most of the entry level 3018's, it a viable tool that can be used for training and for producing products. FYI... I could NOT un-assemble, re-box and return the "cheap" plastic 3018 fast enough!It's not all roses... There are some drawbacks to buying from an unknown seller. Customer support is non-existent. At least I have been unable to contact anyone from WolfPawn. No contact info anywhere? This became an issue when machine #2 arrived with a bent Y axis lead screw. I did not discover this until the return window had closed (I didn't open the box until a month after receipt). I've tried far to many ways to contact someone from WolfPawn with no luck or success, sad to say. SO I spent $12.00 of my own money and replaced the leadscrew. #2 is now running great!! #2 also had a very loud 775 spindle motor. Since I had a "spare" (from #1), I swapped them out, and now #2 purrs.To conclude: I would highly recommend this product to anyone interested in a Robust, All Metal, Loaded with solid features, desktop CNC that has superior build quality over ANY of it's equally priced "competition", even sans customer support. I say this because of what I learned after hours and hours of research before ever buying that very 1st "plastic" 3018. And that is this... I did not find anyone, blog or video, that did not make numerous modifications to their "plastic" 3018, with some spending way more money for their mods than a complete bigger and better machine would cost. Most mods where replacing plastic parts with metal and/or upgrading the spindle motor size (with "volume" controls!). YUCK! It's CNC...Make'n chips and Love'n it!