Quote Originally Posted by magicniner View Post
Bang Wrong there matey!
Your point is valid for any simple things which are reasonably easily made quite cheaply on manual machines, for expensive things which are horribly complex to machine manually, CNC is a very appropriate way to go, and lucrative too.
Didn't see this the first time around but I 100% agree, many of the machines I've built have been for prototyping rather than mass production. This is one area where small CNC machines win over large production CNC machines because they are more cost-effective and efficient for one-off or small batch items.