Let me know what you're seeing under $1000, last time I looked anything that looked decent was more like $2k unless you built a lot of it yourself. I still can't get over the hurdle of needing software and a computer to run the thing. What I'd really like is a small CNC unit with a simple numeric control unit attached that allowed for manual, but precise operation. I'm sure I could get that, it'd just cost $5k.