My wife is a dental assistant and she wants to start a dental lab. I have been looking at some of the dental machines that are available for machining wax, zirconia, and metals and as you would expect they are very expensive. Average pricing seems to start around $20K.

I am thinking that I can make a small and very precise four or five axis machine for much less than buying one. I was wondering if anyone has built a small four or five axis machine for very small and precise work or another dental machine.