I'm early in the process of building a larger version on the JDS multirouter, a xyz joinery machine that works with a horizontal router, and can be used with a template follower to cut tenons and traditional dovetails. I use a similar, lightweight version, the Matchmaker, (from Woodworkers Supply) for lots of joinery and hardware mortising for my jewelry box making business, but want a longer x axis, and something stouter that will be less sensitive to operator pressure on the template following stylus, especially on dovetails. Now I realize I'm being somewhat of a luddite in not making this machine a CNC machine, but it's already a big project, and I know nothing about CNC. Also, the joints I cut typically take only 15-45 seconds to cut with a manual template follower machine, like I'm looking to build, so the time savings aren't immediately obvious to me -although making good templates is laborious. I also don't see CNC machines using a horizontal router, so one would either have to come up with methods for clamping pieces vertically perpendicular to the table, or design a machine unlike the great mass of existing CNC routers. (I guess I"m looking to build something like http://www.gold-state.com/New_Machines/Maxym/maxym.html ) Am I being ridiculous in not tackling this as a CNC machine? The xy table I"m using, bought used off eb*y, was obviously CNC controlled in its earlier life, and built with THK rails and bearings. I guess I"m also wondering why the sort of thing I"m looking to build (in a CNC version) isn't widely commercially available, or are there machines that allow for both regular and horizontal router mounting? Thanks for advice on this!