Don't like the looks of it for milling. See the drill chuck? That is not ment for milling but only for drilling. Real mills do not use drill bit chucks. Doesn't look to me like it will mill at all! Get a real mill. As for converting to CNC that can be a chalenge as you have to get stepper motors, stepper motor controles, make mounting hardware for the stepper motors, somehow make the stepper motor controls hook into a computer interface, and get some mill software to control the stepper motor controlers. It only depends on how much you know about electronics on how much it will cost. I bought a Sherline mill like linked above and a 2nd party converted it into a CNC mill and I bought it all pre put together. My mill is to small though. You are better off buying a nice sturdy mill that can be converted like morphling is doing.
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