VMC - Buy or Build? With Ramblings ;-)

[magicniner]

So to me, people need to start looking past all the eye candy sheet metal etc and pay attention to what they are truly buying with there "Starting from £16'950" lump of money, which in reality soon becomes £20K when they fall for few over priced extra's.

You've carried me to that point but having looked beyond it's all a bit dark, at this point the best option I can put together is a new Bed Mill with a custom head incorporating a decent spindle cartridge and 3-4hp motor with ball screws and servos and a decent motion controller, PC and software.
More ramblings welcome ;-)