Hello guys, thx for the comments. I have watched a few vids on fusion 360 and will try it out. The only thing is I read on another thread here that although it is free for hobby use there are conditions that make it limited to one year, but I guess a lot can happen in a year.

I have tried Draftsight but hard to learn by myself.

Overall I might just pop for the Denford Quickturn 2d Design because although it is nothing much compared to many Cad/Cam options , it (the CAD) does what I want it to do and so easily (made for schools/education) that I made my first design in a minute or so. Nothing else has been that easy. I just wish I could try the CAM side out first for real.

Fusion 360 will be my last attempt at something else as I need to get this lathe doing something. Let's see how it goes.