I'm hopefully buying a place shortly with a lot more room for garage type toys (Vehicles and tools) and there are a couple of things on my list so far...

- TIG welding kit
- 2 post hoist

But I'm also looking at a mill or possibly CNC machine. Desired use (don't know how often I would really use it though!) would be making/remaking small car parts - mounts, brackets, suspension parts etc...

I've done a bit of youtube surfing and checking out a few forums and the Sieg series (SX2.7 especially) seem popular and have conversion options readily available to convert to full CNC operation.

http://www.sieg-machines.co.nz/mills/362-sieg-sx27.html

There seem to be other options like this as well locally that aren't silly prices...

http://www.machineryhouse.co.nz/M123

My question is does anyone here have/operate such a hobbyist machine? Any pitfalls / must haves?

Cheers - N