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One of those bad ideas that crops up again and again and again. Any multipurpose machine will be bad at all things. You're far better off getting a separate CNC mill, 3D printer, laser cutter, etc. Even if this costs a bit more and takes up more space, you'll have some useful machines.

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Space and cost saving multi-purpose designs are ubiquitous in the professional space. At a home-gamer level "just buy all the separate machines!" is a ridiculous argument.

Not in professional machine shops or manufacturing of any kind.

At first, yes, I agree. But folks could say the same thing about phones, cameras, GPS, etc. years ago (now all in one device). Or multi function printer/copier/scanner/fax. Over time, things improve. Who knows if that will happen here, but it seems likely to me.

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