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Andy1989
Yep that's the one, and yes it will cut aluminium.... very slowly.
I'm just using a Makita knockoff at the moment I found on ebay.
So far I have only mocked it up on a scrap of MDF and run some test cuts in ply and aluminium. The accuracy wasn't great (My 20mm square came out at 19.6mm), but I just wanted to prove it was capable of cutting aluminium before building a new bench and spending more money.
I agree plastic parts are not ideal for a CNC, or even a 3D printer in my opinion. But if you keep within the limits of the machine they work just fine.
If you are interested check out the MPCNC forum. There are lots of example builds on there.