Originally Posted by PaulCossie
XYZ Machines are great for a tool room, very simple to use, however i don't think they'd be what gareth wants
They are basically manual turret or bed mills with CNC control added so can be used as either manual or CNC.
I don't like them because they are open and if you start doing some proper metal removal then every thing gets covered in swarf

Xyz of the past perhaps but not there new stuff, take a look at there website