New To List

Hello Bill et al,
I'm new to the list, would like to introduce myself.
My name is Fred Pompei, have been machining a few tears,
and programming a few.
Recently, I gotten the bug to build( buy ) a CNC router and here I am.
I'm trying to gage the work invoved in getting a fast, solid machine
somewhere in the 2'x4' range.
I have been lurking the emails to find the scope of this group.
I guess my first question is, does this group get involved with any
software development
for hobby use ( I don't mean cracking code). Or is this somthing another
list may be doing?
Before the software was out there for purchase, machines still had to run,
I guess that's some of my history.
I hope to gain a lot of info here and share some, and so far, the more I
read, the patienter I get.
Thanks.
Best regards,
Fred