While cheap hobby CNC mills and routers are great machines that allow you to build ... just can’t do with the Dremel or DeWalt rotary tools found in most desktop mills and routers.

Looking to add a small CNC machine to your garage or hackerspace’s arsenal of tools? Like any tools — China has you covered for the cheap options — but the question is, is it worth it?

The spindle bit spins at a very high speed ... A CNC, or computer numerically controlled, router is a sophisticated computer-controlled machine tool version of a hand router. A CNC router routs out ...