Thanks all.

Dean. I’m sure my machine is more capable than I think. Aluminium is on the cards but later. I shall take your advice though on my bed and spoil board. I also appreciate the messiness of metal. I have a nice clean little woodshop that gets a good dust and hoover making it spotless. The other day I made myself a small hydraulic press welding some 1” box section together. Bit of grinding and neatening up of my not so pretty welds left me saying never again in my shop. Splatters, grease, black crap everywhere. I need a metal shop. Not told the misses yet.

M_c. I appreciate your comment. I suppose my naivety leads me to think someone will send me over a perfect file, I create the G code and the parts just roll off my machine..... I can fully imagine it’s not like that. But, I’d have to be choosy about what I take on. My machine is fun, I don’t want to make it a chore.