No doubt been asked before, so happy to be guided to the right thread.

I am retired and live in Tassie. I have a small mill, metal and wood lathes etc etc and been making model brass steam engines for a while.

I would like to have a play with CNC which may be able to cut some small brass parts. I use a lot of brass plate up to 5mm thick. I am OK with CAD software having extensively used Autocad and Turbocad.

My CNC research seems to hit a brick wall unless I have an odd $20,000 to spend, not possible as I am not only retired but on a pension also :-). Is about $4000 a doable budget.

Have also been doing a lot of woodwork lately and hand cutting ply gears and stuff. Maybe a machine that could also handle clock making.

Any suggestions on a reasonably priced machine that will fit my criteria please or am I asking too much.

Cheers
Mike