well if the wife has stopped making coffee then its time to get a coffee machine in the garage, make you own and spend all your time out there.
i would anyway, well it is a shame your up north but its so hard to find someone in london to help each other so i just purchased a cnc router on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...e=STRK:MEWA:IT
it will do to learn on anyway and also to make the parts for the bigger version i will be building very soon.
tell the wife it will benefit her making the coffee in the end, once its finished you can make coffee coasters for her ha ha.
thanks
chris