"besides...let's be logical for a moment...who has a cnc machine,but not the software?"
Yeah,who does have a cnc machine in their cupboard?? nobody does.
It would have been ideal if someone that knew how to use the "software" ( can i say that word here,on this extremely P.C. board?),they could draw whatever they wanted to be machined,bring it to their university cnc room,maybe pull a few strings,and get it machined,or bring it to a modern machine shop either!
That was my point!