Quote Originally Posted by reotilemarine View Post
Thanks for the advice Mike. I have seen Dean's verticle machines however I know very little about the differences/limitations of having the machine in this orientation and how this may affect tasks such as the 3D surfacing I mentioned.
There are very few limitations with a vertical machine and many advantages other than huge space savings. For 3D type work it's actually much better because gravity is helping with clearing chips so you are not recutting chips which impacts the surface finish and causes excessive wear on tools, even when using dust extraction.