Quote Originally Posted by routercnc View Post
I took the OPs rule one as 'don't spend any money on bits until the design is ready, research done, etc ' rather than do it cheaply. Otherwise money wasted on poor choices . . . And no one including Yorkshiremen like to waste it

Either way no matter, good luck with it. Perfectly possible to build a machine to do what you want. Trick is not to let machine building become the hobby.
Yep, that is how It was intended, but nice to have a confirmation on the budget, for "She who must be obeyed"

I'll try not to let it become the hobby, but its all work and shed related - I fully intend to make it pay for itself.