Hi Mike,

Thanks for the welcome.
I meant to say the maximum footprint last night, why I didn't I don't really know! The absolute maximum footprint for the machine would be 1200mmx700mm. It would be great if the table were sat on a cabinet with some kind of extraction unit in there(I did have something similar when I rented a unit, this was a router table build though).

You're right about noise, I have used the router in there and it is extremely loud, even with ear defenders! Fortunately we live in a semi-detached house, and the box room is the furthest room from the neighbours(they couldn't hear the router).

I am planning on making something very simple at first, like a few name plates to get used to how things work, the I'd like to move on to wooden hand holds and fingerboards as per the photo, that climbers use to train on.
The ones in the linked photo's were made by hand after making a jig. One of the reasons I want to build a CNC machine is that it's a heck of a lot easier to play with the design and physically make a prototype.

Unfortunately the links are facebook links.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...51772865_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...99415652_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...86717358_n.jpg

Martin.