enderw88
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CNC takes you in another direction: instead of measuring and marking, one draws on the computer and lets the machine cut the parts. So one can end up at the same place as the traditional woodworker through the entirely different path of CNC!
I am envious of your ShopBot. I have some manual machine tools and can hold pretty tight tolerances, but the flexibilty of a CNC is really amazing. I do dye layouts on a lot of parts I machine, but that is to make sure that I am not off by a mile, I use the leadscrews to actually position the cutting tools and make the parts. The layout lines are only an aid.