Hello and thanks for everyone's advice in advance. I'm a small manufacturer of toy parts. We do allot of 2D plate parts out of 0.080 and 0.063 aluminum. We don't do anything out of steel or anything harder than steel. We would also like to prototype and do light production of 3d parts out of aluminum and polymers. Our maximum plate part size is 15" x 5".

I'd like to purchase my own machine to help lower our prototype costs and for light production (50 or less parts). High volume runs will still go to the machine shop we work with (100+ parts). So outright speed is not a priority. In addition, I'd like something that can go a little larger then the part described above.

What are your recommendations? And I'm not set on any specific style of machine (cnc router, cnc mill, etc). So anything goes. Thanks.