Hey Kip,
Thanks for the welcome and reply.

Definitely looking to mill alu, and about 100mm to 150mm travel on the z axis. Not much in other words.

Your z axis interests me, but I can view the larger picture, it keeps on asking me to login, even though I am. The fact that it does't have a motor mount is a little worrying. What would be involved in getting a 23 Nema motor mounted to that?

Cheers,
Dave.