Many thanks for the replies.

I had a quick look at the cnc cookbook and agree about the ads. It's a bit tiresome but I'll chip away with it for the time being


Mikey - Is that book just concentrating on metalwork? I don't know enough to know if it makes any difference, but I will be mainly doing 2D shapes in timber/ply/mdf. It's very unlikely that I will be making shapes in metal