Hello Neil, welcome to the forum!

Sounds like you have all the tools and space needed to put together something very nice. What are you planning to cut with your machine?

I am pretty new to CNC world (I do have a working diy machine that i bought) so I doubt I will be helping with any of your problems, but there are some really clever people here with bags of experience that I'm sure will be happy to help .

I know what you mean with kids and smartphones. My kids are still babies, so I don't have to worry just yet, but I have seen quite a few of my friends teenagers and there phones.....Good luck with that one!

Cheers,

Jim