Jaime wrote:
We are a group of mechanical and electrician engineering students & are
working in a project to design a CNC micro lathe, as small as we could
do it. The first step is to define a growing market to sell micro
machines. Any clue to start the project??

Taig Micro Lathe
http://www.taigtools.com/

Sherline lathe
http://www.sherline.com/

Markets: Watchmakers, modelmakers (model engineers), and hobbyist.

For cnc conversions, you might search for hobbycnc, cnc conversion, and
cnc kits.

http://www.xylotex.com/

http://www.artofcnc.ca/

http://www.campbelldesigns.com/

http://www.maxnc.com/

http://www.stepperworld.com/

http://www.hobbycnc.com/

http://www.homeshopcnc.com/

http://www.camtronics-cnc.com/

http://cnc4pc.com/products.htm

http://www.pmdx.com/index.html

http://www.geckodrive.com/