Hi Lee, thank you for your reply, I would be happy to build a machine, always up for challenge, i have been reading on the software and how it generates the codes to talk to the machine etc, to be honest I have been reading quite a bit about CNC in general, but is a bit of a minefield, I would guess that building a machine would be better as it will give me the spec I need to the job I want, and with the help of the forum, point me in the right direction of the parts to build it.