Hackaday reports that the makers of the Shapeoko CNC machine are running a kickstart for a easy to use CNC machine.

Carvey is heavily inspired by Inventables other CNC machine, the Shapeoko, but built to be the Makerbot to the Shapeoko’s RepRap, without all the baggage that goes along with that analogy, of course. The machine has a 300W spindle capable of cutting wood, plastic, foam, carbon fiber, and linoleum, as well as aluminum and brass. There are a few interesting features like a color-coded bit system, and this time the machine has an enclosure for containing MDF dust.

From: http://hackaday.com/2014/10/21/carvey-the-cnc-machine-for-everyone/

Non-early-bird prices are US$2400, so it is a little pricy, but the concept of a all-in-one table-top CNC is interesting. Further, the success (or failure) of this kickstart will be interesting to watch as will be a gauge for a new market for CNC-ing. We will be following developments.