Homebrew PCBs

derekhawkins wrote:
>>I can make a milling machine any old time. The main challenge for
>>that is decent control software.
> 
> It's quite obvious where your head is.

???

 > The purpose of my question was
> to zero in on which of the two projects would result in reduced 
> recurrent expenditure in terms of physical resources and time.

Milling machines are crap for removing copper. I routinely do 200-hole
pcbs with a hand drill press.