Look at Shopbot or V-Max routers. Those guys are putting out nice machines for the buck.
If you don't mind spending a few grand you can build a hell of a machine for about or much less than a commercial router with the same or better performance. Unfortunatley the softaware for doing 3d Carving is not as easy as opening a file and go cut a part. It takes quite a bit of effort to create a good toolpath.
ArtCam is pretty slick for adding carved features and such. (Pretty expensive though, $7,000 or so I think)
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