I have been considering picking up a cnc ready taig and converting it to a small servo system. In researching that I have been looking at the homecnc site and really like Jeff's setup because it seems like I would be less likely to feel limited in the future. ( I would like to do some 3d contouring in mdf, renshape, and some aluminum work) Today I ran across this on harbor freight http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=42976 For $399 it seems to offer something inbetween the two machines. It has some mass to it at 470lbs so it may be a little more stable than the small machines on aluminum. The spindle is a mt-2 instead of r-8 and it has the cylndrical column instead of a dovetail . Has anyone converted one of these.? Any thoughts or insights on using it for a conversion?