RAReeder

The cost of this will run nearly $2,000 (1500+300+8.25% sales tax). Someone tell me how this is a good deal. Admittedly, there are some valuable features on this tool, but there would be a two year cost recovery on this, at least for me. Additionally, let's not forget this is only a 14 inch saw. I don't see how this can be considered to be a "great buy".

Just three observations:
1. Who can afford these things? My first car didn't cost as much as the "low end" Rockler CNC. For my first 10 years of woodworking $3800.00 would have purchased every hand and power tool I owned many times over.
2. I have a home woodworking shop, not a production shop. I make jewelry boxes, plaques, small things. I earn my living from professional nursing, not woodworking. If I made my living from woodwork, I'd have a laser cutter and a rotary carver.
3. These rotary computer carvers are tools like any other. I don't have a Leigh jig, I make my own dovetails. I don't have LN planes, I have "second best" planes I meticulously maintain. I do the best with what I have. Remember all, the skill is in the final product and how much of "you" is in your work. My work, and most of yours, will never be "soulless".