"sawzdust" wrote in message
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There are very detailed carvings that I would like to create and
duplicate and since I have only one life span the Compucarve could save a
great deal of time and offer a lot more options then dying of old age
leaving the job unfinished.

I have zero experience with the machine but one of the complaints that I
have heard is that you are restricted to the designs that they publish. If
true, that would make it a nonstarter for me.

Does anyone have the machine? If so, can you create entirely new designs?