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This is what I use to do my custom work. My employer ownes it but no one ever used it. We got it in and it sat in the crate for over a year. I came in one weekend and set it up and started to learn how to use it.

http://www.atrump.com/product_detail...g=2&pro_id=182

-JB

i personally have a CNCmasters baron. Got it for christmas last year :) Cost about 13k after all the little doodads and a good set of tooling.
it'll hold
+/- 0.00025 per inch
+/- 0.003" in 12"
with resolution in the ten thousandths.
I'm running soldiworks 2009 with a cam software.
Mills really good for projects that you arnt in a hurry to have done. With the spindle speed maxing out at 1500 RPM, really cuts down your feed rate.
also have the basic shop equipment.


i do have access to the grand baby of all babies....the HAAS 50 series Tapper and HAAS 5-axis VMC. they are sexy and powerfull machines