Aha! I now have a better idea of what 'crossing out' means.

Don't give up. You obviously enjoy making things and a CNC router of the size you describe is entirely feasible to build and get running. The biggest problem is you then keep finding more and more things you can make with it and set off down rabbit holes you'd never thought of.

Kit

Which reminds me: The West Australian Ballet Company did a wonderful job of 'Alice In Wonderland' at His Majesty's Theatre in Perth on Friday.