Brad_Hawthorne
Working on getting his original CNC shipped to me so I can get it up and running for personal projects. He's had it palletized for awhile. Working out freight shipping for it. :)

Speaking of which... its been what... 2 years?  Have you cranked out any parts yet?

I ran into that same problem.  I am building way to many machines to fit in my workshop, so I am selling my old car, and freeing up a space in my garage for a second shop, for an overflow.  More of an emphasis will be on wood/forging work in the garage, while my main shop will be more metal working/everything else. 

I actually came up with a radically new machine design that was too big to fit in my basement so thats when I had to make the final call to expand into the garage.  Fortunately the garage is attached to the house so the overflow works out.
 
I developed it from the bottom up, and I was all set to start the patent process when I realized that I just re-invented an already existing machine.  I will post that in its own thread when the time comes.  The proof of concept prototype did work.  Now just to tighten things up. 

Thoughts on a K60 laser? Pondered getting a K40 to screw around with, but that cutting area is just too small even though there is an active modding community for them.

Would love to see your finished 2nd machine ! You might want to use vacume instead of wasting alot of material for holding blocks. All you need is a vacume pump and a ballnose endmill and some o-ring material.