Ive always wanted a cnc of my own.

At the October 2007 Midlands Model engineer exhibition some well priced stepper drivers and steppers were found

Pile of bits and start of control build
More bits and started testing
Testing with large weight on table
Testing a cut and first production
First steel pinion cut and added LVDT for homing on one axis
Making a Worm and Wheel, Thread milling
added a 5th axis
added stiffness and height to the column
Machines existing at work
Machines existing at work 2008 some maybe be available for sale or free to a good home (Garvin miller)
Machines that came home from work Feb 2010

Added a webcam to the ubuntu box for possible machine vision
(have a look, it may be running) not been on since the cnc pc upgraded

Interesting CNC and related links

Balancing tool for turbine shafts (idea is suitable for spindle makers too)