Hi Chris welcome to the forum and the party!

Pleased to see you've got the cnc bug!, your research should put you in good standing when choosing and deciding what to go for.

Don't worry about the questions, as long as you get them out there, it doesn't really matter where you ask them, we can take care of that for you if need be and move them :).

Good luck with your adventures, similar requirements and questions have been asked previously so I'm confident you'll find the info you need, I'll add that if you could squeeze another £1k into the budget, you'll have a much better scope for choice, again it depends how deeply involved you want to actually get but it's not imposable with a £1k.

Jump in and get your questions down, I'm sure you'll get the advice you need.

.Me