It’s a tough question for the aspiring home ... machine tools, but of course the correct answer is a lathe. With a lathe, we are told, all other machine tools can be built, including a milling ...

you probably have run across [UsagiElectric] aka [David]’s various PCBs that he makes on his own Bridgeport EZ-Track 3-axis milling machine — massively oversized for the job, as he puts it.