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Originally posted by morphling1
Hmm, that cnc mill certanly looks cute, but this one will not get you far milling metals, it's more for making small part from softer materials like wood or plastic. You could engrave in metals though.
As for CAD I think you must walk the path of learning yourself.
Acad is very simple for learning, and with a help of book or even help and tutorials within the program you could learn it pretty quickly.
When you learn the basics 2d drawing we can get you to 3d modeling 
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Actually that pic of the mill is identical to mine (even the SAME place I bought it!!) exept I got to pro version
http://www.acumotion.com/pro_mill.htm which just adds a little more Y travel. Every block I have done was on that mill and it does ok if you are not planning to mass produce blocks. It will do Copper on the slowest settings with carbide or better end mills but it will be very slow milling. I recommend NOT buying this mill for water blocks. If I knew then what i know now I would have got the Max NC-15 Fixittt has. It is more money but worth it IMO. Or like stated before buy a good solid manual mill and convert it.