I would love to get a cnc router one day. However, buying a 3d printer or two I feel like I should share my experience. In the beginning I knew no one locally with one. Issues sprung up over time. The idea was to make my own parts but I spent more time troubleshooting printing then I did make my own parts. The cnc router may be easier to maintain. I wouldn't want to keep troubleshooting issues, I just want to focus on making. The support for my printers were email only during 9-5 so it wasn't easy to ask questions then fix as there were always follow up questions. Neither of my printers are currently operational and lost interest. Cnc routing seems awesome, just not sure if theres a lot of maintainence involved keeping it running.