I have wanted a cnc mill for the past 2 years but no matter how many forum posts or articles i read i find myself pondering the same old question.
do i build one from a manual machine or buy a used one to retrofit with modern electronics?
i only need to machine relatively small components (aluminium mostly) and i think something around the size of a sieg x2 would be sufficient. yet something along the lines of the denford starmill or the emco f1 would seriously cut down valuable build time.
my main constraint is budget, i could only spend possibly £800-900 initially on a machine.

any ideas or opinions would be greatly appreciated