New here. Be gentle. I run two ExelCnc machines

[EddyCurrent]

had a look at the exel machines myself and got a couple of quotes, what put me off was the price and the cost of all the addons and 'extras' glad to hear you are happy with them though.
Im still researching lol.

That's why I went for the self build, though it does create an 'outage' on your life for a while, the trouble is the older you get the more you are running out of life.

[IanBarley]

For me the price was worth it. I needed a tool for my business not a project and I know that it would have cost me more in hours spent than it did in money to get a machine as capable and reliable. If I was doing it for fun the decision would have been a different one.