Thanks for the reply. When I'm doing a clock 1300mm in length I couldnt cut it into sections. Mind you, that's a large stave and it's unusual to sell to sell a clock made that size. most of the stuff I Sell is from staves that are smaller, probably about a metre. Other stuff is made from staves that have already been cut down into shorter sections. Cask lids are usually no wider than 800 in diameter. When I think about it I intended to fill the carving with various coloured resins and sanding them off, think Book of Kells, so uniformity of depth isn't really an issue....is it?

So a three axis with a working area of 1000 x 800 x 200

Does that sound about right? Doable, price?