Techno-isel makes nice stuff but.... $$$$$
Honestly, Inlay is pretty light duty work for a Router. I did the inlays posted here on a homeade machine and the inlays and pockets are a perfect fit, read that as zero gap/no slop. My machine is no where near the build quality of A K2CNC, and it was not really taxing the machine at all. The K2CNC machines can have ball-screws and have excellent linear bearings and rigid frames, with Gecko and Servo options added... that'd be more than enough. And save you a TON.
While Enroute is probably a nice program. You can get the precision you need with just about any CAD package (I like Rhino3D) and for 2D Toolpaths SheetCAM can do the work you need. Enroute is +$2K.... alone. SheetCAM is just over $100. Did they tell you that you should buy ArtCAM too?
Are you looking to do complete instruments? or just inlay? I just want to make sure that you are not buying more than you need to. Do some more investigating before you commit.
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