I don't get what it does. Does it nest on top of the wine bottle with the glasses suspended upside down on each side?

I own two DIY 4' class (5X5 cutting area) CNC routers, a DIY 3d printer, and a retrofitted CNC 1050 knee mill.
I build them myself so the learning curve is much steeper my way vs buying a proven supported vendor based machine. Camaster, shopbot, and probotix are three very popular vendors to buy from. They have great vendor support for their post processor solutions and their machines in general. User community is awesome on those machines too.

The CAD/CAM requirements can be very effectively satisfied by software from Vectric in 80% of the cuts made on a router. 2.5D vcarvepro and 3d aspire make it very easy to go from drawing lines to generating the gcode needed for your machine to be cutting. I think their software is about as easy as it gets. Visit their site to see tutorials, view how to videos, download demo software, and visit their forums for help and ideas on what is involved in using Vectric software. I believe a small machine vcarvepro desktop is $350, $700 for a vcarve pro used with larger machines typically, and $2K for full 3d aspire.
http://www.vectric.com/index.html

A friend of mine did something similar and doesn't seem to have any issues with distance from the vac. You can take a look here...

Dave

Rockler offers a 2 1/2" anti-static hose...

If anybody is interested, I put an ad in the Swap 'N Sell for sections of an old linden tree (basswood) that could be taken for free by a carver or turner who can use it.

Nice!

Nice shelf Mike.

The chair turned out great. You should get some photos of it in the sun to show off all the work you put into the distressed paint. I have been wanting to build a small set of Windsor chairs for myself for a long time but have not for one of the reasons you stated. I just don’t have the proper tools to make them and like you I know I would spend as much time making the tools as I would making the chairs. In the end I will probably end up trading someone or getting a friend to make them for me. Too many projects and just not enough time.

Beautiful job. Nice swirling pattern to the wood. What finish did you use? It almost looks wet!

Doug

Have it. Love it. I use it for edge glued panels with wild figure, like quilted maple, to take down any unevenness at the glue line (when it's too much work for a card scraper) and to flatten and smooth. Same goes for shop-sawn veneer, for which this is a great too to remove bandsaw marks.

I have the thin blade, which I polished a bit and do draw a burr on. I also like a little camber, but not much. You do have to fiddle to get the depth right. A touch too deep, and it stutters and comes to a screeching halt. It's not overly difficult though.