TBH I dont have the space for that size of Mill - I've been using 3D cad for many years and CAM so no issue there

I will only be making small scale parts which are ideally suited for the VM32 size machine - I do fully get the potential pitfalls but for my use case and Bridgeport would be overkill

I trained on such a machine as an apprecitice - they are truly solid machines and I wish I had both the space and money for one

One of the reasons for doing the conversion was to give me a base machine early and then spend time building up parts etc for the CNC as I go but still have the use of the machine

Ideally I want to get the best Chinese mill i can get - any opinions on this would be appreciated