Hi,
Thanks for the quick responses, really appreciated.

Yes it was this video of the Jazz CNC vertical table (and coveting the massive sheet cutters in B&Q that made me think of it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4STVbn_EMoc

That looks amazing - I could see me spending a lot of time in the workshop if I had that!

So, any particular software that anyone can recommend for me to get starting on?

Also, I am based near Lymington (south Hampshire) - does anyone know of any good companies / individuals that I could approach to start bottoming out some pricing for sub-contracting it?

The main reason I am looking into a machine for me is that my experience with sub-contracting out anything pretty much (both work and personal) always leaves me frustrated, disappointed and mostly re-doing what ever it was I was trying to save time on... I tend to prefer to do and control everything so at least if something is not right I know it was down to me and I can resolve it.

Thanks again for your time on this.